#notre damn

[eleancrvances]

i hate to go "they don't make 'em like this anymore" but truly how is it charles laughton and cedric hardwicke don't exchange a single word (apart from the sentence i included) as quasimodo and frollo during the 1939 hunchback but still deliver maybe the most compelling and strong take on the relationship between their characters. like, what kind of sorcery

like this is it. these are their interactions. when i tell you i could hear entire dialogues between them

[triasticalwarlock]

WHY IS THIS MAN SO SEXY *sob*

[unicorn-boy-personal-h3ll]

Fran being a dog and Rabies jokes now Fran is canonically Rabiesexual/j

[shutyourfacemonsterlover]

There's an element in many BATB stories that I feel goes a little unnoticed by the general audiences, and it's something lost in the year of white feminism / pearl clutching / Buzzfeed media analysis, that categorizes these stories as "problematic" and in that...when you strip these stories down, these stories are about disabled people finding humanity. Abuse survivors attempting to gain control of life after years of trauma.

I mean it's a bit obvious, but you take out the allegory, the fantastical elements...the Beast is disabled, in a way, that their physical functions can't allow them to function in society.

Like, even Quasimodo is mute. the fantasy isn't even that dense some times lol.

Their abusers (and often the true villains) are often figures in power: parents, religious leaders, politicians...Precisely the type of people in reality that mistreat the disabled in the first place, from abusing at home to passing laws in society that invalidate and downright exterminate their existence.

Like, there's no coinicidence why a lot of these stories shaped the horror genre. and how both genres attract a lot of neurodivergent or queer fans.

So to see these stories being transformed to be thought of "ew creepy incel nice guys" fantasies is so tone deaf. Men dont fantasize being ugly, traumatized and living isolated by society, fam. they like imagining themselves being either the Luke Skywalkers or the world or the Darth Vaders, lol. Something active and with power. (And why Fr*llo in Hunchback isn't the same- he has power and represents society, but that's a talk for another day)

And if you think disabled, deformed, neurodivergent people aren't mistreated, mocked or osctracized anymore...like girl what fairytale you livin' in. i want in lol.

And why these stories hit stronger when the Beast was born a monster (or deformed as a child), instead of a relatively "normal" man committing an accident (but that's just me). Life can be cruel to you just for something you can't control, and a lifetime of pain changes you, not often for the good, but it's real. (and also why that mantra of "abuse turns you kind" can be very very dangerous talk, not all victims respond the same to trauma)

And that's also why BATB adaptations where the Beauty also is an outcast herself (Elisa, Entrapta, Dea, modern adaptations of Esmeralda), and can relate to the Beast's alienation, hit stronger in my eyes. Because compassion is often the key to these stories, and well, who understands your pain better than somebody who's gone through the same thing? (and also why "female monster"-type characters are also very fascinating to read about but also rarer to see ).

[jinxtheshadow]

so i’m feeling an all time low rn but hey, at least i can still draw old men amirite? it’s low effort but i think it looks half decent in any case (might be the booze talking tho, don’t quote me on that)

…someone please take him away from me…

ps: the gremlin with horns is my oc, in case anyone (no one) was wondering

[the-real-wholesome-bitch]

Guys genuinely how do you have good posture when studying? I’m asking for tips.

[galaxymagick]

240331 jaehwany0406🐦

@ jaehwany0406

2024 뮤지컬 노트르담 드 파리 첫 지방공연 완료☺️

2024 Musical Notre-Dame de Paris first local performance completed☺️

[svaints]

Anon asked:

Ok, so. This isn't exactly a request. I mean, you can write if you want to, but I NEED to just spill my brain juice on someone or my head's gonna explode. So, Hanahaki Disease. The fanfic trope where someone starts growing symbolic flowers in their heart and lungs when they feel unrequited love for someone. But- hear me out- but what if this trope?? With Rollo??? Like- it's the City of FLOWERS and I haven't seen ANYONE try to do anything with that obvious connection??? PLUS ONE OF ROLLO'S HOBBIES IS GARDENING??? Bruh??? What if it's a disease from the reader's (i.e Yuu) homeworld and after masquerade they've fallen for someone who doesn't like them back (who isn't Rollo), Rollo (Who kinda-sorta has a massive crush on reader but is in big denial over it) visits NRC and notices Reader is not doing well (Maybe he finds some blood stained flowers too??). After a while of gathering clues, he confronts them. He is horrified by what he learns. And just to add another layer to this cake of tragedy is the fact that this is a disease from an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLD, so the hanahaki surgeries that conveniently exist in fics DON'T exist in twst and the flowers are completely unaffected by twst's magic since they originate from a magicless world. So. Does Rollo save Reader's life with true love's kiss? Or does Reader die a painful, thorny death with Rollo feeling haunted by guilt at never having confessed his feelings after he just fully realized them? ...Idk, you can decide that. Srry for the text dump. I'mma go to sleep now..

He'd most likely either realize way too late unless someone else tells him how blind he is, which since when did Rollo need to hear someones opinion on his actions, or last minute outright confess to the reader himself. Which is unlikely. It's just not in him, to me, that he admits he's wrong. He'd even dwell on it until a new person comes along. It'd serve him a lesson

[larkiethings]

do you ever. Can’t figure out which translation to read. So you say fuck it. French time.

[checkadii]

Save me 6 cantos pass on mashup…. All current cantos pass on mashup…. All current 6 cantos pass on mashup save me….

[primaphomet]

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Broadway Musical is AMAZING and does such a good job of blending the fantastical imagery of the animated movie with the harshness of the original book into a genuinely moving story of how the actions of yourself and others can impact the trajectories of life. It is the ONLY live action adaptation I would accept, but I don’t trust current Disney to do it because they are COWARDS when it comes to heavy stories

[faerociousbeast]

why are you as a woman rushing to the aid of another woman. with a gun

[unicorn-boy-personal-h3ll]

Im so obsessed with drawing these two idiots :3

[loverboybrightsideghost]

save me original french version of do you hear the people sing

[petrichor-enthusiast]

Edward Cullen in the first movie/book gives off the same vibes as Frollo singing Hellfire in the Hunchback of Notre Dame

[hillbroski]

Grabs and shakes you: GO LISTEN TO ANNAPANTSUS COVER OF HELLFIRE FROM THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAMN. DO IT NOW.

So yeah I’ve kind of reignited my interest in this oc story, priest man is Abraham, fire vision person is Michael.