#i wish it was a better film...

[mzannthropy]

Sam Claflin and Sir Patrick Stewart in Charlie's Angels (2019)

[kolaicendionysos]

911 Lone Star s2e2 ''2100°''

[wishchip106]

i don’t hate Moira because she “gets in the way” of cherik, of course not. thats silly

the real reason i hate her is because she’s a terribly written character and i need her to leave immediately. she may not mean it but she brings chaos into everyones lives and a lot of people are dead because of her

thanks a lot Moira for shooting the bullet that paralyzed Charles, awakening a false god, causing the death of Erik’s family, bringing Magneto out of hiding, being the reason Charles is bald, being the reason nearly all of Cairo is destroyed (with extremely high casualties), and for just kind of being you. i just don’t like you

the one good thing i do praise her for is bringing cherik together

but lets be honest, that would’ve happened regardless 👀

anyway thanks for coming to my Ted talk ☺️🙏

[overthinkinglotr]

I was watching LOTR with friends the other day and someone pointed out that a major reason film!Elrond is upset about Arwen being in love with Aragorn is because of Elrond's own broken relationship with Isildur.

In the films Isildur and Elrond are kind of set up as....a broken failed parallel to Aragorn and Arwen?

Arwen reassures Aragorn that "he is Isildur's heir, not Isildur himself," and "is not bound to his fate"-- but Elrond disagrees, confident that Aragorn will be just like Isildur.

Film!Elrond is so certain that trusting in mankind is a mistake that will only lead Arwen to misery because he once trusted in mankind, and the man he trusted ended up failing him. His ally from the line of Elendil ended up falling to the power of the Ring and dying; he believes Aragorn may do the same thing. He doesn't just want to save Arwen's life and keep his daughter by his side; he wants to prevent Arwen from experiencing the same betrayal/heartbreak he experienced. Film!Elrond is very stoic and unsentimental, but there are all these hints at Elrond and Isildur's past relationship throughout the series. Everyone likes to make the joke "why didn't Elrond just toss Isildur into the fire?" but to me the answer is, partially, because he cared about Isildur. They were allies who fought side-by-side. After describing what happened in Mount Doom all those years ago, Elrond tells Gandalf that "It should've ended that day, but evil was allowed to endure." And I think it's interesting that he goes into passive voice for a moment, instead of saying that Isildur specifically allowed to evil to endure--because he's also blaming himself for allowing evil to endure, blaming his own failure to be harsh with Isildur and take the Ring from him by force. He's regretting that he was merciful and didn't "just toss Isildur into the fire."

His complicated emotions about Isildur also appear again in the Two Towers. After insisting that Arwen needs to give up Aragorn as a lost cause and travel into the West, Elrond has a conversation with Galadriel where she guilt-trips him for abandoning Middle Earth/mankind. When she asks him "do we let them stand alone?" Elrond walks into the study, and spends a long moment looking at his mural of Isildur.

He then, in the film's canon, agrees to send military support to one of Isildur's descendants."I don't care about Isildur anymore, men are weak," Elrond says, standing in front of his elaborate mural of Isildur and his shrine dedicated to Isildur's sword.

And yes this is all, again, a drastic departure from his characterization in the book-- most of the Aragorn-Arwen-Elrond stuff in the films is a drastic departure from the book. The films radically alter their dynamics, including eliminating stuff like Elrond being Aragorn's adopted father and all the "their bloodlines are related" stuff and etc etc etc etc etc. But honestly, now that I see it, this interpretation makes the film!Elrond-Arwen dynamic engaging in a way I hadn't recognized before? In some ways it puts Isildur into the role that Elrond's mortal brother Elros played for him in the books, because Elros is cut from the films entirely. Isildur is the reason film!Elrond knows what it's like to have some kind of close relationship with a mortal and then watch them die. When Elrond angrily speaks about the folly of trusting men, or insists to Arwen that Aragorn "is not coming back" so she should just get over him, he's speaking from experience--he's projecting his own weird failed broken betrayal-ridden Thing with Isildur onto Arwen and Aragorn. And in this context, his hopeless monologue about how Arwen will regret staying by Aragorn's side also feels like it's partially from his own experience. "If Sauron is defeated, and Aragorn is made king, and all that you hope for comes true, you will still have to taste the bitterness of mortality." When he fought three thousand years ago Sauron was defeated, and Isildur did become King, and yet... TL;DR : Film!Elrond had a nasty kind-of breakup with a mortal man 3000 years ago and instead of dealing with it he decided "Men Are trash Weak" and began projecting all of his drama onto Arwen

[snailwitdamail2]

incredibly low quality Anaya appreciation post bc i think he’s adorable.

[chocolateheartandrumlace]

HES REAL !!!!

[kingdomwishes]

Comics - Mark Kennedy

[fairysbrew]

movie so good i had to save it for later

[orpheuslament]

im not done talking about it actually like how do you miss the point SO BAD did emerald fennel even read the book question mark slash gen like one of the main reasons heathcliff is ostracized & grows resentful of the earnshaws/the world in general is that he has been treated as subhuman by everyone in his life bc hes not white. like its not even subtext its RIGHT THERE its just a matter of paying attention to what youre reading. im ❓❓❓

[anonymous-gambito]

Nimona: "I heard you're also queer, neurodivergent and evil so I've decided to keep you"

Ballister: "How did you get inside my house???"

[comickergirl]

Did you see they cast milly Alcock as kara? Curious if you like the idea!

I did see that!

I'm admittedly not really familiar with Alcock, but I'm interested to see her version of Kara! (I'll also admit that my general feelings on all the DC movie/Superman Legacy news is: 'okay, seems cool' but I *am* going to be insufferably particular about Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, as it's easily one of my favorite comics, so anything less than a perfect adaptation is simply unacceptable.) (I'm kidding.) (Mostly. XD)

[skruttet]

tove with animals 🩷

[art--harridan]

[Image description: A digital drawing based on the film Sing Street, depicting the character Conor Lawlor. It depicts a shot from the music video they made for The Riddle of the Model, so Conor is wearing his outfit for that. The gloved hands of Raphina hold a mirror, which shows Conor. He looks forward, mouth open as if he's in the middle of singing a lyric. The background of the mirror is green, while the background of the piece is an electric teal. This background also has red wavy lines on that follow the shape of the drawing. There's some fainter waves in the background, which are light teal and purple respectively. The actual drawing uses a textured brush, with clean lines and grainy shading. It's a dark purple.]

Inktober - Day 29 (Navigator)

Film - Sing Street (John Carney, 2016)

[hanitje]

Previously, on The Young Wrestler and The Restless

[m-rod-unofficial]

Michelle Rodríguez as Salgado || 3 A.M. (2001)

[taylorrussellsgf]

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