#miss argentina

[lambf4rm]

the living, the dead, can they co-exist?

[eroticlamb]

Patrice Martinez and Michael Keaton getting their makeup done by Ve Neil, behind the scenes of "Beetlejuice", 1988 ♡

[here-lies-beetlejuice]

Beetlejuice (1988) dir. Tim Burton

[arbuzyansky]

i love them 🥺💔💔💔

[raining-anonymously]

thinking about these interactions in the 1988 film:

Lydia: I wanna be dead too. Barbara: NO!

Lydia: I wanna get in [to the Netherworld]. Betelgeuse: …why?

and then in the musical you’ve got ‘Say My Name,’ where a third of the song is Betelgeuse talking (singing) Lydia out of jumping, and ‘What I Know Now’ is Miss Argentina and the entire Netherworld ensemble telling her to go home and live her life to the fullest.

the fact that this film / show about death has SUCH an emphasis on keeping this depressed teenager alive is so meaningful. and yes, Betelgeuse’s contributions here are quite likely selfish. but from a Doylist perspective, the fact that even HIS immediate reaction to Lydia’s suicidal thoughts is negative makes it mean even more. there is intention here. this is a story about living life.

plus, when we get to ‘Jump in the Line,’ she’s so HAPPY! in both versions! it all makes me really glad they didn’t go with that earlier version where she did die.

[i-really-like-phrogs]

Hi, Phrog!! I love your art so much, thank you for opening up your asks!!

Could I request a Beetlejuice x Miss Argentina fluff drawing? Thank you, have a great day/night! <3

You absolutely may!!! Sorry it’s been so long in the making, here’s a lil pixelley doodle I came up with:

[pinkphonepillzarchive]

Miss Argentina dearest ♥️

heart themed redesign yeah yeah

[iz1331]

Gonna have to rewatch Beetlejuice and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice back to back to compose a list of "movie canon" that were deemed not brought back/continued in the sequel.

For example: Like how the sequel "disregarded" the fact that only those who "died of suicide can become civil servants in the afterlife".

NO ONE CONFIRMED THAT! It was just a throw away line by Otho, WHO WAS A FRAUD AND KNEW LITTLE TO NONE OF THE SUPERNATURAL!

The sequel even subtly corrected that misconception. Not everyone in the Civil Service in the Afterlife died of suicide, several were wrongly assigned that cause of death.

Miss Argentina was the only significant character that had an accident in Beetlejuice that we've seen who works as a civil servant. And maybe the flattened guy, but not sure if that was an accident or not. He looked quite jovial for a flattened guy.

Case in point: we have Wolf Jackson, and he certainly didn't die of suicide, yet he works as a self-proclaimed cop and runs the whole police joint there.

The earlier scrapped concept of Betelgeuse hanging himself was just that. An idea/concept of how he died. They never used that in the film, thus it's not canon. It's considered fanon in the fandom cause it's been more than 30 years of no solid confirmation of a sequel and we were hungry for any scrap of Beetlejuice material that we can consume and use as inspiration for art and stories to feed ourselves over the years until news of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was announced and got released.

The sequel answered some questions and gave us new content to work with. For both the characters and about the Netherworld/Afterlife in the Beetlejuice universe.

I'm all for creative liberty and freedom, make a canon divergent or write an Alternative Universe of it all, but don't just shit on the sequel and say that it's an "elaborate fanfiction" like the screenplay writers didn't put a lot of thought in it that even Tim Burton, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O'Hara finally, after DECADES of turning down script after script, found THIS story for the sequel to have the most potential and having the right tone as a follow up for the movie that meant so much to all of them.

Everyone who worked behind the scenes in creating the film from props, set location and design, puppetry, stop-motion, costume, stunt people, make-up, lights, sound, extras, production, marketing, EVERYONE put a lot of effort and passion and did AMAZING work on this project. I'm still amazed by every large and miniscule details I discover every time I rewatch it.

Was the story of the legacy sequel perfect?

Of course not.

No sequel ever is. Someone will always find something to complain about and that's just how things work in this industry, in this world.

But, was it fun? Was it both new, and brought the same feel from the original? Did the actors brought to life the characters we've loved for more than three decades and counting? Did it introduce new characters that fit the ensemble and had the same eccentric aura of the Beetlejuice world? Was it a relief that the story didn't just end 30 years ago?

Yes, it did. For me. I loved it. It's not perfect, but for someone like me who's a bit of a perfectionist on my works, and then finding the imperfections actually making the finished product better than I expected, it means a lot.

And for what it's worth, at least the time and love and the littlest of delusion I invested for Beetlebabes actually had something to show for. A one-sided romance it may be, at least I now know that Betelgeuse isn't harboring any lasting ill will towards Lydia for all these years.

That Tim also saw it that way. That Michael and Winona were open to this dynamic and relationship between the two characters/roles that they love and cherished to play.

Also, people change. No one stays the same. Life throws curve balls at us, and yes, to FICTIONAL characters as well. People mellow with age. One person or experience can change someone, even when they've been dead for 600 years.

[paperbooart]

[seraphineailes-555]

Favourite beetlejuice character

[cleevitus]

Beetletina for the intellectuals

[juicy-beetle]

Good luck, bub

[rtfics]

Miss Argentina and Wolf Jackson are dating.

[here-lies-beetlejuice]

[arbuzyansky]

[do2faj]

"Still," "gotta try and get with that green secretary chick;Mees Argenteeeena, wonder if she's spicy as she sounds!"

Wanted to give it like a vintage valentine's Day card kinda feeling

I also forgot to put my watermark plz don't steal it I have a family to feed