#occasional charlotte stan

[lucy-moderatz]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But in this case, I was speechless.

[aquamarine-oceanfront]

On Charlotte (Bunny Maloney)

I've been thinking a lot about her because I think there's an undercurrent of sadness to her as a character. She's undeniably got a number of significant flaws, but at her core I don't think she's a bad person like a lot of the cast (especially Bunny & Candy). Below is a lengthy analysis of her character - there's a very short summary at the end if you're curious but pressed for time.

One of the biggest reasons why I got on this train of thought in the first place was when Méko explained why she's such a shameless flirt:

She is looking for a real lasting relationship but her (low) criteria and the means she uses are of course confusing a lot. She's just stressed as she approaches thirty, seeing all her friends already settled...

Which certainly paints her fixation on romance in a different light, I'd say. She longs for connections but has no idea how to properly find or maintain them.

Obviously her carrying a torch for a man who's already taken isn't a good thing, but I think it's worth noting that both he and his girlfriend aren't particularly faithful to each other - to say nothing of the many other problems with their relationship.

Speaking of which: if you watch the show for a while, at some point I imagine you'll think to yourself "why are Candy & Charlotte friends?" Charlotte generally means well and tries her best to be supportive, but her foibles tend to make her a less-than-ideal companion to Candy:

Repeatedly trying to comfort her but inadvertently making her feel worse ("A Wrinkle in the ProtecTeam" & "Free Potchi" at minimum)

Promising to hear her out when she's going through another turbulent period with Bunny, only to flake the moment she learns Jean-François is nearby ("Jean-François: Super Model")

Occasionally just getting downright selfish (refusing to lend her a copy of a book in "Bunnies Are From Mars," getting into an argument while driving in "Raucous Caucus")

Of course, the other side of the coin is that Candy consistently thinks very little of Charlotte - she views the prospect of pairing her up with Stan as a terrible fate to inflict on him ("Stan's Perfect Match"), sometimes insults her to her face ("The D-FixItUp" & "Raucous Caucus" again), and rarely seems to really enjoy being around her. (Contrast with Charlotte, who always takes the time to talk to her whenever they happen to run into each other and tries to help her whenever she needs it.)

So why does Charlotte still stand by her? Frankly, I think much of it stems from her general lack of awareness. She tends to take things at face value and has difficulty discerning context in many situations (the pseudo-"who's on first" bit when she first enters the apartment in "Carrots Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a standout example), so I suspect she thinks Candy is a good friend just because she's occasionally nice and helpful. "Fishing for Trouble" provides the perfect case study of this: while pressed for time, Candy reluctantly hears Charlotte's relationship woes out and gives her a piece of advice ("dump him before he can dump you") that she earnestly appreciates.

"You always have the answer for everything!"

In short: I think Candy kind of does the bare minimum to help her when she's in need, and Charlotte gloms onto her for that. (Ironically, at times I feel like this is how Bunny & Candy's relationship works, but that's another story.)

With all that established, I think there's another reason why Charlotte is so devoted to Candy: she's desperate for any sort of relationship, platonic and romantic alike. Nothing really suggests she has many/any other friends - while this likely stems from economical animation practices (can't make too many unique character models, after all), it tracks with the only mention of her upbringing, midway through "Free Potchi:"

It's a joke, sure, but it's also canonical evidence that her parents didn't really like her or treat her well. With that in mind, it tracks that she'd obsessively try to find love as an adult - on some subconscious level, there's a void she yearns to fill. To some degree, it also explains why she struggles so much with maintaining long-term romance: she never really learned how to (Part of me wonders if some of her other flaws, like her inability to ever discern context or her occasional selfish outbursts, might also be explainable in the same light, but I may be stretching too much there.)

To cap this off, I think it's worth on one particular trait of hers: her complete sincerity. No matter what, she always states exactly what she thinks - oftentimes without regard for whether it might put off or offend those around her. At the same time, though, it also positions her as a sort of foil for Bunny and Candy, both of whom frequently resort to subterfuge against each other. ("Sick Bunny" is essentially a farce/pseudo-morality play focusing on this exact issue: the rabbits both want to go to a concert that coincides with prior arrangements they made together, try to lie their way out instead of just telling each other what they want, and end up all the poorer for it. It's not a coincidence that Charlotte and Jean-François, both of whom are far more open about their feelings, ultimately go together and have a great time.)

Very short summary: I think Charlotte desires love & friendship so desperately because she largely grew up without it. She's a nice person at her core, even with all her flaws, partially because of her sincerity (like Jean-François). Candy sometimes gives her advice/other help, so Charlotte views her as a treasured friend (even though Candy doesn't seem to care much for her).

[strange-little-spy]

Chapter One - – Washington D.C. – Present Day

Hello and let's kick start the beginning of a new Marvel fic specifically worked out with @the-superoriginal (hi 🥰)

Summary:

Addie Jeannes is an avid Marvel fangirl, not quite stereotypical, but has the average Marvel man crush, patent pending. Her top pick is the famous Steve Rogers, better known as Captain America, practically a perfect gentleman and seriously good looking. But then her first day of college comes along and she takes the bus for the first time to the university. Its when she gets off the bus, she has stepped back in time, all the way back to 1939, a few years before the second world war begins. She’s very out of place in her modern clothes and slang, but thanks to a young man named Bucky, she soon learns her way around the large town of Brooklyn. But who would have guessed she would also meet the love of her life in Steve Rogers, Bucky’s best friend.

Only during the worst event she has ever experienced does she understand who she was really chasing.

warnings: Fluff! Implied smut in future chapters but very subtly hinted at. Period-typical subjects (i.e racism)

Chapter warnings: no warnings

Word count: 896 words, longer chapters coming!

It was the first chilly day of Autumn, the leaves were still green but the occasional tree was already beginning to shed it’s coat of fluffy leaves to the sidewalks below.

Addie remembered when she first arrived in D.C. It was Spring and she was one of the fortunate as she witnessed the cherry trees blooming all around the city. That was a year ago when she first moved to the nation’s capital for the job at the small, but prosperous arts center: Capital Performances. She loved to act and work backstage when she wasn’t assigned a role, but most importantly, she just couldn’t wait until next Winter when they would put on Rogers: The Musical.

True, she was appalled at the idea of her Steve being made into a musical, but she actually liked the songs, in addition she couldn’t very well say no. It was Marvel, for heaven’s sake, she loved Marvel.

And most importantly, she loved Steve Rogers.

It was puppy love, but she kept it at a healthy distance unlike the other fangirls she ran across on social media. Their thirst posts were enough to make her throw her phone off her beanbag and groan into a pillow.

She didn’t care. In her mind, Steve was in his perfect world.

“Now if only I could actually meet the man.” She shook her head as she picked up one of the fallen leaves off the side walk and studied the veins between the paper-like membranes of the object. She had been to multiple Comic-Cons, but she wasn’t willing to wait 5 hours to meet Chris Evans, but she meet Sebastian Stan once on the street. And honestly, he was the sweetest person she had ever met. He even asked her for a selfie.

She sighed and threw the leaf over her shoulder before sitting down on the grass to paint the Washington Monument with the sunlight illuminating one side of it, while the shadow covered the other side.

She liked those lighting parallels, she tried to paint them as close to how they appeared as quickly as she could before the sun went down.

It was almost therapeutic, but watching the Captain America saga was her therapy. Screw the medication.

Charlotte’s notification sound jerked Addie out of her mid-afternoon nap as she lost her balance and fell on her bottom on the floor. She giggled and picked up her phone which had fallen along with her.

“Any news yet?”Her friend was referring to the acceptance letter from Liberty University that they were both waiting on, but it was Addie who was actually going.

“I haven’t checked my mail yet. It doesn’t come until around 4.” She replied, feeling the butterflies in her stomach rising again. She had wanted to go to New York University, but their tuition was WAAAY too high to even justify the amount of schooling she was to gain.

Nope. Liberty U it was.

“I hate ur mailman.” Charlotte responded quickly.

“I hate the mail system.”

“Right.”

“How was your day?”

“Slow and lowkey.”

“Lo-ki.”

“Yeah XD”

“U need to make Jonah’s contact name that.”

“What?? Jonah’s not a Loki, he’s definitely a Tony Stark.”

“We say it like Zodiac signs XD”

“WELL ISN’T IT?”

“Touche. Did u know you woke me up from a rather pleasant nap?”

“I would say I’m sorry if you were dreaming about you know who.”

“Unfortunately not this time.”

“Well, shoot.”

“IKR?”

“I still can’t believe you’d take Steve over Thor, I mean the hunk of a man Thor??”

Addie shook her head and smiled. Charlotte was head over heals for the god of thunder.

“I prefer my Captain.” Addie replied, adamant.

“Your loss.”

“You’re mean.”

“I am truthful.”

“Whatev.” Addie snickered, knowing full well their insults were playful. “I should go before we have a gif war, plus I just heard the mail slot.”

“Fingers crossed for u!! <3”

Addie took a breath before standing up and jogging to the mail slot in her apartment’s door, there was a small bundle of mail but the only one she wanted was the one with the red and blue logo.

“WAHOO!” She jumped up and down when she found it. She ran to the kitchen and started a FaceTime with her mom who was in Oregon on a much-needed vacation.

“Hey, honey!” Her mom picked quickly and Addie couldn’t help the grin that broke out on her face.

“Guess what came today??”

“Did you get your letter??” Her mom’s face lit up.

“Who’s at the top?” She made a face and held the letter up to the camera.

“Oh, baby!! Well, open it, open it!!”

“Yes, ma’am!” Addie tore open the envelope and shook it to unfold the papers. “Dear Addison Jeannes, we are honored to have you as a student at Liberty University in our Forensic Sciences field of study this spring!!” She read out loud, jumping as she placed the phone against the bowl of Chex mix she always had out. “I made it, Momma!!”

“That’s my girl!!” Her mom cheered, breaking out in smiles. “I will rent you a car so you can get down there!”

“No thanks, Momma, I can take the bus. Its not that far at all. And it might be cheaper.”

“But what about your bike??”

“I’ll get it delivered.”

“Alright, its your call. But this is so exciting!!”

“Liberty, here I come!!”

thank you for reading 🥰✌️ Dividers by @strangergraphics

prompt by @the-superoriginal

written by yours truly, all relation to actual people are purely coincidental

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bridgerton.

hyacinth bridgerton: florence hunt, danielle rose russell

sophie beckett: alexandra dowling

francesca bridgerton: ruby stokes, hannah dodd.

lucy abernathy: adelaide kane.

kate sharma: simone ashley.

daphne bridgerton: phoebe dynevor

edwina sharma: charithra chandran

penelope featherington: nicola coughlan

anthony bridgerton: johnathan bailey

benedict bridgerton: luke thompson

colin bridgerton: luke newton

violet ledger (bridgerton) - ruth gemmell, connie jenkins

lady danbury - arsema thomas

queen charlotte - india ria amarteifio

a court of thorns & roses.

nesta acheron - phoebe tonkin

elain archeron - lily james

feyre archeron - freya allan

rhysand - undecided

throne of glass.

yrene towers - zendaya

elide lochan - danielle campbell

aelin galathynius - skylar samuels

dorian havilliard - matthew daddario

rowan whitehorn - henry cavill

the witcher.

jaskier - joey batey

yennefer of vengerberg - anya chalotra

cirilla of cintra - freya allan

shadow & bone.

alina starkov - jessie li mei

stranger things.

chrissy cunningham - grace van dien

eddie munson - joseph quinn

nancy wheeler - natalia dyer

once upon a time.

emma swan - jennifer morrison

robyn mills - tiera skovbye

alice jones - rose reynolds

snow white - ginnifer goodwin

drizella/ivy tremaine - adelaide kane

the musketeers.

queen anne - alexandra dowling

constance - tamla kari

ninon de larroque - annabelle wallis

aramis - santiago cabrera

merlin/arthurian legends.

lancelot du lac - santiago cabrera

elaine of corbenic - undecided

lady morgana - katie mcgrath

guinevere - angel coulby

the chronicles of narnia.

lucy pevensie - georgie henley

susan pevensie - anna popplewell

wednesday.

wednesday addams - jenna ortega

enid sinclair - emma myers

downton abbey.

sybil crawley - jessica brown findlay

daisy mason - sophie mcshera

other.

hayley marshall - phoebe tonkin ( originals )

hope mikaelson - danielle rose russell ( legacies )

rebecca mikaelson - claire holt ( originals )

freya mikaelson - riley voelkel ( originals )

amy pond - karen gillan ( doctor who )

yasmin khan - mandip gill ( doctor who )

morgan stark - katherine langford (marvel)

bucky barnes - sebastian stan (marvel).

peggy carter - hayley atwell (marvel)

rebecca barnes - tbd (marvel)

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[the-firebird69]

We have a few things to discuss and it's outside of normal items we do go over it occasionally and it is important::

--there's a lot of radiation in Charlotte county today was up to 80 three times and we thought it was only going to be 70 and we were mistaken

We saw a bunch of meters out today it's a good sign we need to see more of that and they are starting to get very sick that's why they're doing it but 80 is very high it was up to 80 three times and that's not good either once is enough and a lot of people felt it and it's going back up again to hear me and it was 80 only once this the second time it's very high and it's going to get higher and it's going to go probably up to 90 tonight and it will be about four times that's extremely large modern radiation and yeah it's not that much by the old scale and a son it would stand on the old scale double digits and triple digits for a Time and these people cannot and they think they're the balls but we're going by the new scale and they said we can hardly detect that stuff and that's because you guys made a new scale it did figure it out within days okay it is funny cuz they're repulsively stupid and they admitted every day but this brings up a subject and the subject is they are ill prepared for the levels of radiation that are coming out they don't have the software in their computers to measure it and they don't have the correct hardware and their son says give me a break and it was for sale in every army Navy store in the world during the '80s to anybody who could afford it and that's actually true so we do understand that is true we are going to start getting stuff together to fight people who don't get it but for real your attitude and actions are very tiring we don't have time for it anymore we're going to have to ask people to leave like Jason and Lily are being so damned obnoxious and rude to him yelling at him when he's riding by and say he's doing something wrong and we're going to crush them and I'll tell you what he usually sets people up and stuff and it's supposed to be working on something so he didn't and now it's too late they're done but really we have other things to talk about the radiation is up to 90 and tonight and he will drop down to 10.5 tomorrow. And then it will drop probably down to about 7:00 before it starts to plummet but we'll probably get a half a percent a day steady or a little more until then so that would bring us to 7 Days 1 week and that's what you said next Sunday and with that said going over it again we are saying by the end of the month he will be clear of all the Prilosec and that's a conservative estimate it might be faster it definitely goes fast at the end we need him to have some orange juice and that's not a big deal but we noticed that the food order is probably going to happen at the same time and you're always a pain so getting ready now and we're going to sit out you dumb a****** leaders Lily and Jason are going to work and they're probably going to do nothing the rest of the month on the project and they're going to get fired and Stan is bubbling around in the apartment and he won't leave either and he's going to get sick and he becomes Darth Vader that's what happens we think that will happen fairly soon because while Jason is out attacking people he is taking things and striking saying I'm not from the his striking stand is from the Northeast from the Midwest the upper Midwest it's been going on for a month now it's increasing and ferocity and Stan is increasing his defenses and his leveling Jason's forces and they're going down

--they are taking some pretty big hits and it's Jason Trump is trying to get up there and he'll take big hits and it's going to get hot here and Stan is getting pushed out of the apartments it's not as bad as we said it's not true it's going to be down to Charlotte county and just a few weeks nope it's a few days and I'll start working on that yeah he's getting pushed out and people see the game and they don't like it but they have to play it coming up soon our movie is with Jack Nicholson in Oregon and Washington and also BC at the starkiller and he barely avoids getting fried and he got burned and badly but recovers pretty quick others are dead and wounded severely also others and he felt bad about it and said you were doing this wrong and he knows what happens it was horrible bja goes into the museum and ultimately he finds out who it is towards the end of his life that it's mengler. Any tormented our daughter and son and he's paying and dearly and he's going to get real sick and he's going to go and Justin is going to take care of him his son because he's trying to kill his son it's moving on now but there are a whole bunch of films starting a couple more additional to Friday the 13th and Halloween

**these movies are huge and very huge with our son and daughter who needs to see something happening to feel a little better and not humongously better but yeah one of the movies starting we did mention is the godfather and the opening scenes to an important and the first movie itself I believe there are three and the opening of the movie itself and you'll see what's going on kind of it's not very clear to a lot of people but now it should be so we're going to try and post that

Thor Freya

Olympus

[petalsmooth]

When I talk about bitter Kanthony stans this is what I mean...

They do the same with Luke calling him both fat an anorexic, they can't make up their minds. This is why even though there are some decent stans, the fandom in general dislikes Kanthony stans. Because the most vocal are like this person.

And you can't even truly say it's over disappointment about their season, though that is it in part. Because while I didn't watch the show when it debuted I went back and old conversations and know what I found? Kanthony stans harassing Daphene/Simon fans talking about how much better their season would be and how Anthony is the true head of the household and they are the ones the family truly look to guidance for and basically the foundation of the entire family. They were pulling this before the season debuted and referenced the books. Which I hadn't read either. Well, I've since read a majority of them and you know which character was more prevalent in the books? Colin. NOT Anthony. Not saying super huge part because the books are mostly standalone's but he legit plays matchmaker for at least 2 couples and sits in a tree with Gregory to support him spying on his love interest. Anthony's biggest role is mainly with Eloise for a couple scenes. Maybe Daphne, I dunno since didn't read that one but the others not really.

They also harassed Queen Charlotte stans when came out.

Colin/Pen, Luke/Nicole have gotten it the worst but mainly because dared to follow their season and they are convinced the show's theme should have been changed to follow the lives of Kate and Anthony Bridgerton rather than other seasons getting their own book.

I have seen them call Nicole a racist and claim hates Simone while turning about and hating on the predominately African American driven show of Queen Charlotte. I've seen them hate on Daphne for the scene where she does force a result in bed with Simon, but ignore Anthony setting up Daphne to marry her would be rapist and dangling two sisters while also disposing of his mistress like trash. I've seen them mock Luke for occasional stutter and when told of dyslexia/adhd mock that. They call him ugly in seasons 1 and 2 (and yeah gained a few pounds after covid season 2 but most people did) and what they really mean is he was the only brother not stripping naked onscreen. When they call him boring, that is what they mean. Because it's not about the storyline, but soft core porn feel denied.

BTW, no idea if do some sort of montage with Colin overseas with women or not this season or just sort of infer it but that is why they love Benedict the most of the brothers btw. All the flings where hey...may be lacking a story narrative but he's butt is on display so all is good. I personally think the actor would have rathered more of a relevant sl but just me.

I have seen them say Nicole broke up Luke's prior relationship with an affair as well as say she slept with half the cast and production/casting to get attention on the show. Nevermind she was first cast because she plays THE Lady Whistledown character which the entire show revolves around, at least in the first several books.

I've seen them say Luke can't act when clearly that is untrue as his micro expressions are excellent if he is able to convey thought and feeling in brief clips/scenes and he is one of those actors that can act with their eyes which I love. I have a personal preference for actors who don't need to rely on excessive physical movements to act. He is one of them. Also received high reviews for his recent play. but when you aren't given a particularly heavy sl to act out there is only so much you can do, which is why really looking forward to this season.

And yes...the names they call Nicole because a little overweight. Hon, if anyone is living vicariously through the show it is not the people who enjoy Penelope because we liked prior diverse characters. It is the people who apparently only want one shape (perhaps because they are not thin themselves) and wish to imagine a world in which they were that shape in particular. Sure, people may identify with Pen/Nicola as most people aren't their ideal weight from a medical standpoint but if they liked Daphene and Kate (and most did) that fantasy is not what is driving them to watch. And if you are only driven to like characters based upon their appearance and not their worth as a character, well, then you are shallow and should just go watch porn where you can get that without the pesky inconvenience of character development.

Because I've NEVER been into shows where its about sex. This is why I rebelled against Riverdale. Sex depicted on screen is fine, not against it, but I don't want it for the sake of wanting it. I need to care about the characters and see development. This is why I FW Benedict's sex scenes after the first run through. They bore me. I'll watch Anthony with Siena because there were actual feelings there but I FW the bedside scene montage with him dripping coins after sex. So yeah I will watch Colin and Penelope but that is because it's 3 seasons of development so I'm invested. But if Benedict hooks up without another random woman, outside the first time, likely won't watch again. Alice and Will? I love them so if they have one I would watch. I'm on the fence about Violet and Marcus because not sure in what form the relationship develops. I had NO interest in Ledger and young Danbury. They keep saying it was love but the writing/acting didn't convince me anything but a lonely middle aged man in crisis who did not agree with his wife's prejudices reliving his youth by seeking out a newly widowed woman who had been groomed for an old ledger and not a lot of experience with men outside of that. I could certainly see how a connection might form between them, I just don't think the writing made that connection well.

At any rate, the people who have a problem with a sex scene with Nicola can shove their prejudices off a cliff. The people excited for their season aren't the ones with the issues. As for Luke, he was always the most traditionally handsome man of the brothers and if the only reason you couldn't see that is because wasn't naked half the time...also your problem. However, even if he weren't, I don't really care. Some of us watched shows with a variety of body shapes and or people not considered classically attractive in our life times and don't have an issue with it on screen because I've always been attracted more to personality first. For physical attributes, I tend to always notice their eyes first so I can't say I identify with the first. Next trait I notice is hair color. I like dark or brown hair for men but people can dye their hair so hardly a requirement. Personality? I like good humor. It can be good natured or sarcasm or whatever. Also like someone who is isn't generally deceptive. Doesn't mean have to be an extrovert, you can be served, but not into liars. Also like people who are generally principled. Maybe don't agree with them on everything, but changing your opinion based on tides of the moment...not into that. Which is actually why I like the sl for Colin.

He's generally been straightforward, good humored and principled but had one slip up with Penelope end of season driven to seek good opinions of people's who's opinions are not worth being sought. Paying the price for that and I think ultimately will further cement him as the principled brother he generally always was. Because no one is perfect but that that one slip up is understandable because still young and young people often feel pressure to blend in. But it is so against how he is in general AND HAS BEEN TO THAT POINT with Penelope that you see instant remorse and self loathing when she brings it up to him. It will also make courting her a bit more difficult so it's a nice lesson, it's a relatable lesson and a totally believable one for any time period. It's also one where you see him pay a price and redeem himself and ultimately grow as a character. I like that.

I like storyline where you don't absolve people of sins but flesh out the mistake and then evolve. I felt they missed the mark with Anthony in denying him that sl personally. I am hoping they don't deny it to Eloise.

RD would do that all the time with Archie and Betty and I HATED it and in return ended up hating their characters. You don't do well by your characters by brushing off penance and redemption. Those two things often make the character better.

[spjohnv-blog]

I totally agree with what's been said above!

In supporting this point, it's noticeable that in the first few seasons of the show - Wendy, Liane and Sheila are treated much more so as part of the core cast, and part of that is because at this point, they are also characters with jokes and silly trademarks, which is just like how the male characters are written at this point in the show. No, making Liane a slut joke and Sheila a bitch joke isn't exactly great writing, but it's noticeable that when the show downplayed these jokes and 'quirky' character writing and started treating them more as 'normal' characters, we saw much less of them and they became more eclipsed by funnier male characters. We recently saw this with Heidi as well - going back to 'normal' also lead to her falling out of focus completely. It's an awkward contrast that seems to beg us to pick between women as terrible people on an individual basis, or women as collectively a universal experience.

In addition, Tratt have an awful habit in general of using satellite characters as motivations for primary characters, which disproportionately affects the female characters. The second run of Stan and Wendy's relationship has largely been about using Wendy as a tool to motivate an otherwise indifferent Stan where the story wants him to go - to therapy for his hoarding problem, to throw a party with his friends, to get involved with AI, in the same way that Kyle's stories are often motivated by Ike, whether it's trying to understand Ike's hobbies or protect him from bad influences. We have the running joke of Mr. Slave's later appearances being about motivating Mr. Garrison. Both of Karen McCormick's appearances are largely about motivating Kenny. We're seeing this now, too, with how Strong Woman and the PC Babies seem to operate to motivate PC Principal as well, but we've also seen it with the specter of Sheila throughout the twentieth season with Gerald's behavior. Butters' anger the same season is driven by Charlotte breaking up with him. Liane mostly exists to either cater to Cartman's whims when it's needed or for her to not do so in a way that is usually to allow Cartman to do something Trey thinks is funny. This is combined with Tratt's general reluctance to break from the same handful of popular dynamics.

The protagonist will be a man, a man who is motivated by usually a woman, be it a love interest, a sibling, or occasionally a child, unless the story so explicitly needs the protagonist to not be something else.

This writing flaw is also why I'm not always as inclined to be as hateful towards the canonical relationships, because it has always felt to me the flaws in these relationships are reflective of Tratt's writing and humor in a broader sense rather than a result of the characters' dynamics. The common comparison is for Stan and Wendy to be like Randy and Sharon, but I think you really see the same writing in Gerald and Sheila, for example, and even Garrison and his boyfriends, and I don't feel that switching these relationships around would change much. Randy's "my wife is going to be a total bitch about it" versus Gerald screaming to Kyle how Sheila will divorce him if he finds out his online activity - it's really the same story at the end, of men needing women to keep their impulses in-check but hating them for it. Garrison and Rick's story could be a Randy and Sharon story easily (which is part of the point, really) but where Rick is hurt and disappointed, Sharon or Sheila or Wendy would probably be angrier. Switching out the husband and wife will still lead to the same dynamic and joke. Randy getting remarried wouldn't "fix" him.

The gay relationships lean slightly more sentimental, which is part of why fans view them as healthier, but this writing choice still suggests an ease at writing male characters compared to women and still plays a role in reinforcing the misogyny that women are angrier and more hysterical than men...

So going back to fayoftheforest's excellent point, South Park's Women are still portrayed doing things in an unavoidably Womanly way at all times, and I think some fans make the mistake of thinking this is a certain character or relationship being shitty, but that ultimately changing out those elements can't 'fix' it.

he man and woman would 'fix' this. I think it would just lead to Trey ruining a different set of characters... but the frustrating thing is, I do think the early seasons suggest Trey could be writing better female characters (in terms of individuality, not in terms of morality or in terms of depth) but took a weird sharp turn somewhere into writing them as a monolith that he can't recover from.

genuinely baffling to me that trey still can’t write wendy and the girls for shit considering he has a daughter in their age range that he clearly adores :/

[biperhart]

sup snitches

alright here we go 

Henry danger stan since 2014. call me whatever u want

sign: gemini, its aight if u hate me for it 

pronouns: any are fine tbh, ig mainly use she/her  

fandoms: mainly henry danger & conan gray but this blog is solely for HD, i post on my main about conan. i might make the occasional df post but im not nearly as devoted to df as i am to hd.

ships: pls i ship like everyone with everyone in this show i need to settle on one fr. ill update this if i ever fucking commit to an otp (i really wanna but its hard asf)

favorite color bc that is important: light pink, but i also love red and black 

favorite song: a f f l u e n z a

who i relate most to in hd: overall, piper. i have pipers outgoingness/and previously (occasionallyyy) temper, jaspers weirdness, rays humor and idiocracy, and henrys habit to overuse the word bro. charlottes not in there at all im not smart 

my own posts are tagged under "hi I'm talking" asks are tagged "ask" and queued posts are "up the queuebe" (I was really proud when I came up with that)

im honest about how i feel about stuff. no point in lying to myself. i think thats very important. its my one thing. yk. like my one personal standard i hold myself to. other than that im a chaotic fuckin mess  

yeah whatever feel free to send me hate, who doesnt love a good argument once in a while. dont lie. you do.  

piper hart apologist. ray manchester apologist. 

[anghraine]

Is it okay to ask you why you dislike Elizabeth/Col. Fitzwilliam?

Well, sure.

The main reason is that I think their dynamic in the book is really bland (and purposefully so). They have an easy rapport because they're temperamentally similar, but it doesn't leave much of an impression on either of them in the end.

It's pretty noticeable (IMO) that Elizabeth tends to have that kind of rapport with charming, outgoing people in a way that's clearly influenced by her vanity, but ultimately her strongest relationships, and the ones which affect her feelings and character arc the most, are with the quieter and more reserved people in her life: Jane, Darcy, Charlotte, Mr Bennet. So Elizabeth/Colonel Fitzwilliam, like the occasional Elizabeth/Bingley I've seen, seems very counter-intuitive to me if you’re going to go for Elizabeth/not Darcy (not something that generally appeals to me, anyway).

On top of that, I think Colonel Fitzwilliam is extremely idealized in the fandom, while I've always felt that he should have made his position clear to Elizabeth long before he did. I don’t buy that he was just being nice; IMO he was bored at Lady Catherine’s and flirting with Elizabeth made for a fun diversion, and while he’s too decent to go further than that, he didn’t fully consider her situation and feelings. It’s not a huge deal, but I don’t think his conduct is perfect by any means.

Also, I’m a Darcy stan, and what little Elizabeth/Colonel Fitzwilliam I’ve read has a distinct edge of “so there, Darcy” + an impression that Darcy is the only one who really needed to change and grow, which I find actively annoying since I think Austen goes to pains to balance Elizabeth and Darcy in P&P. So my general associations are pretty negative.

[anabsolutetrainwreck]

floating up and dreaming || h. styles

warnings: a couple of swears, a smidge of Another World hate

word count: 0.8k

summary: you’re one of the first people who sees the finished ‘TPWK’ music video...

“Right,” Harry let out a shaky breath as he came and sat down beside you on your sofa. “Are you ready?”

You nodded, “Don’t be nervous, Haz.”

The Treat People With Kindness music video was officially ready for you to watch. You knew how hard he’d worked on it and you were already proud of him. TPWK was an instant favourite of yours when you first heard the fully completed album around a year ago. As well as this, you had fond memories of dancing around the kitchen as it blasted from your speakers. Which was shortly followed by curling up and sobbing on the sofa as Fine Line echoed across your flat, as you said something along the lines of ‘You got me on such a high with Canyon Moon and Treat People With Kindness, only to hit me with fucking Fine Line? Asshole’. “I just want you to like it,” he mumbled.

“I like everything you put out,” you smiled, squeezing his hand.

“Except Another World. You don’t like that,” he said, faking a frown.

You laughed loudly, “Yes, except Another World. But, firstly, you know that song was shit. And, secondly, that was, like, ten years ago now. I think you’ve improved since that... interesting choice of song. Right, now roll the clip!”

And, one of the very first things you were met with, was Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s face. You paused just as quickly as Harry had pressed play. “Woah, woah, woah. Hang on a minute. You mean to tell me that Phoebe Waller-Bridge is in this and you didn’t tell me?” you asked, your jaw hanging loose slightly.

“I’m sorry,” he laughed, “it was a surprise.”

You squinted your eyes at him, “Is that why I wasn’t allowed to come to the set? You wanted her all to yourself, didn’t you?”

“I’ll invite her to the wedding,” he offered.

“No, don’t bother, traitor.”

You couldn’t not smile at the sight of your fiancé dancing about on the stage in his little sparkly jacket. And, soon enough, you found yourself entranced by the little word Harry had created. You’d occasionally make small comments like ‘Look how cute Charlotte and Ny are!’ or ‘I can’t believe you got to hold Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s hand’. “I’ll tell you what, H, your dancing has come a long way since X Factor,” you joked.

He sighed. “I knew you’d say that. You promised to never bring that up again.”

“But, baby, it’s so iconic. Wait, why do you get to hold Phoebe’s hand? You get to hold her hand and you deprived me of that. I should be the one holding her hand. You woke up and chose violence today, H.”

“You’ve been spending too much time on stan Twitter again, haven’t you?”

And so, as the video came to an end, you were endlessly proud of your boyfriend. He’d managed to pull off another incredible music video for another one of his incredible songs. You engulfed him tightly, staring into his precious green eyes. “Did you like it then?” he asked.

“I loved it. You’re so talented, did you know that?” you grinned.

“You do remind me everyday,” he smiled back, admiring your face, which was illuminated by the fireplace.

“A few minor criticisms, though.”

You watched as his face dropped. All he wanted was for you to love it. “What?” he asked, fiddling with his fingers.

“Sarah wasn’t in it nearly enough,” he let out a sigh of relief at your words. “You did her so dirty! She got, what, 0.2 seconds of screen time?”

“Are you actually just in love with the women in my band?” he sighed.

“Who isn’t? And the Phoebe Waller-Bridge stunt you pulled, that was a low blow, Haz. First a film with Florence Pugh and now a music video with Phoebe Waller-Bridge. If you do a Fine Line music video and then put Anya Taylor-Joy in it, you’re sleeping on the couch,” you said.

He laughed, “I’d never do that to you.”

“No, seriously, Harry, it was amazing. Everything you do is,” you grinned, running your fingers through his messy head of brunette locks.

“Except Another World?” he smirked.

“Yes, except that. But you know what this means?”

“What does this mean, Y/N?”

“You have to teach me the dance.”

“Y/N, you can’t dance, love.”

“Well, I didn’t think you could either until you showed me this!”

[ackermansupremacy]

More marley kids headcanons because i’m still distraught

The sheer amount of content that i could write for them is a s t r o n o m i c a l

Gabi

•An animal lover!

•Has a really big intimidating dog like a rottweiler or mastiff that her friends are lowkey scared of

•But it has some headass name like ‘Fluffy’ or ‘Princess’

•Or something oddly human like Joe or Robert LMAO

•She drinks a lot of energy drinks so shes up until like 3am blasting music

•I saw another post saying that they could see her being a kpop stan and i SEE IT

•She would be a boygroup stan and would stan NCT

•She would really like Gorillaz too Rhinestone eyes would be her JAM

•When shes not playing roblox shes plays things like overwatch and league of legends until the sun rises

•Yet somehow shes still full of energy the next morning??

•Her deepest secret is that she has a wattpad account and randomly publishes stories and never updates them

•She also reads like,,,1D fanfic and would never admit it

•Her walls are covered in doodles in the spaces between her miscellaneous band posters

•Shes the kind of angsty kid that acts like she doesn’t like you

•But honestly? You’re her role model

•She really admires you :)

•Especially if you’re a single parent

•Whenever someone asks she always says

•“I wanna be just like my mom/dad when i get older” :)

•She’ll never admit it to you, but she just wants you to be proud of her

Zofia

•She strikes me as the daintier type but like at the same time not really??

•Shes definitely no stranger to fun

•She loves amusement parks and its one of her favorite places to go

•Surprise her with tickets to disneyland and she’ll cry

•She enjoys fashion but dislikes makeup so shes never really bothered trying to get good at it

•I think she has like, two different types of music she listens to

•She likes classical music when shes trying to focus on things like her hobbies or homework but indie music is her go to

•Mozart, Bach, Beach Bunny and Melanie Martinez being some of her favorites

•I think shes artistic too

•Her room always smells slightly of acrylic paint

•Her room is always really clean

•Other than that one single moldy coffee cup... iykyk

•it has a black and white minimalistic aesthetic

•But her walls have her favorite pieces that shes hand painted framed

•Along with a Van Gogh tapestry next to her bed

•A simple girl, she has a pink betta fish

•It probably has some fancy long name

•Like Elizabeth or Charlotte

•The tanks is perfectly matched to the aesthetic of her room

•She would take such good care of it it would live way past the life expectancy

•She probably takes some sort of martial arts class as well

•Like judo or karate and shes REALLY good at it

•Trophies and medals are all over your house because shes so proud of them

•She just keeps making you proud huh

Falco

•Oh this sweet child

•Hes so gullible

•Hes really smart but he just...believes everything Colt tells him

•And he always finds out its not true the hard way

•It would be dumb stuff that would send him into a crisis too

•Like Colt once told him that if he wasn’t asleep by midnight he would die or something and he actually believed it

•So when he couldn’t sleep he started saying his goodbyes to everyone LMAO

•After a teary eyed conversation you had to convince him it wasn’t true and made Colt apologize

•That gave him trust issues

•As i said in a previous headcanon, I think he would play a lot of instruments

•Piano, guitar and the cello are among his favorites

•He has the most diverse music taste out of all of them

•Its mostly mainstream music though

•He would just hear a song on the radio or on tik tok and would add it to his playlist if he liked it

•Resulting in the most random music

•From bands like coldplay, to doja cat, to cardi b to occasional kpop...

•His dirty secret is that he really likes boybands

•He loves backstreet boys, one direction and 5sos

•Gabi found out and made fun of him for it so he never told anyone after that

•His room is pretty bare and empty other than mass amounts of instruments

•Most of them he never even plays anymore

•He def has empty water bottles everywhere

•But the little bit that he does have in his room is organized chaos

•“Do you have a paperclip?” “to the left of my keyboard pedal on the floor” “Bro...” 

Udo

•B-Babie...

•One of his favorite things is watching a good mystery show or movie, especially the classics like Agatha Christie’s mysteries

•He loves writing them too!

•He takes it very seriously and probably has a mystery novel in the works that he plans to publish when he gets older

•Hes really passionate about it if you ask him about it he could talk about it for hours!

•He has a chameleon or a snake or some other reptile

•Gives it a cute name like Henry or a fandom name like Dobby

•Or something unique nature related like petrichor

•Its his lil buddy it always rides around on his shoulder :)

•His music taste is also diverse

•Zofia introduced him to indie music and he loves it

•He loves bands like The 1975, The Neighbourhood and Jack Stauber

•But his all time favorite band is The Beatles

•His favorite song is Beautiful Boy by John Lennon because it reminds him of when you used to sing to him when he was a little kid :)

•He collects The Beatles posters and vinyls and displays them on the walls in his room

•His room is pretty cluttered with things like clothes, books and school supplies strewn about but his desk is always spotless and organized

•Notebooks with story ideas, his laptop and a gaming controller being the only things on it

•His deepest secret is that he struggles with anxiety which makes him pretty clingy to you :(

•And he doesn’t want to keep sleeping in your bed like he did when he was little so he has a playlist of all the lullabies you sang to him when he was younger

•And he can’t sleep without it :(

•Hes not the most athletic, but I could see him joining the soccer team Falco and Gabi are on just for fun and tries to convince Zofia to join too

•Kinda sad but i think he cries himself to sleep a lot and doesn’t really know why

•Sometimes when he feels really really sad he comes into your room and you watch tv together until he falls asleep

•And hes v tiny so hes easy to carry into his room

•Hes my precious boy I love him so much :,(((((((((((

******

I have two more things I wanna publish for these absolute jelly beans before i take a break from writing for them unless y’all wanna request more hahahahaplzrequestthingshahaha

[lucy-moderatz]

[nataliedanovelist]

GF - National Treasure

An AU in which Ford and Stan didn’t have a stupid fight, and the Pines family had been entrusted with a secret generations ago...

~~~~~~~~~~

The pair of eight-year-old twins carefully opened the screechy door to the attic. Inside the room was filled to the brim with boxes and old random stuff, but Mabel and Dipper knew better. They grinned and started to explore.

They were at Grunkle Stan and Grunkle Ford’s house for Thanksgiving. Normally the weather is bright and sunshiny and it’s perfect for making leaf piles and running around, but not today. Today it was raining with the occasional ring of thunder and a flash of lightning. So rather than go outside while the adults sat around the burning stove and talked about boring adult stuff, the kids decided to go on a little adventure.

Mabel flipped a switch and a sad hanging lightbulb turned on. Seeing what they wanted, Dipper grinned and started to climb cardboard boxes like steps for a book up on the highest stack. Mabel held the boxes still for her brother, and together they retrieved the old maroon book encrusted with a gold emblem. Mabel made sure Dipper climbed down safely, and then they looked down at the book together with their backs to the door, a poor decision.

“Whatcha got there?”

The kids gasped loudly and turned around. Standing side by side was their great-uncles, the only other pair of twins in the family. Grunkle Ford stood in his slacks and red sweater-vest with a brown dress shirt and trenchcoat, a soft smile on his face and his six-fingered hands in his pockets. Grunkle Stan had his arms crossed over his beefy chest, smiling slyly at the kids, as if telling them silent that he was proud of them for being so sneaky. He wore worn blue jeans and a faded white tank-top, and had an old maroon robe on.

“Uh…” Dipper stuttered, still a little startled by the sudden appearance and for getting caught. “Um… we…”

“You both know you’re not supposed to be up here.” Grunkle Ford reminded them gently, not sounding at all angry, rather amused.

Dipper nodded, but Mabel was bold enough to admit, “We just wanted to know the truth.”

“Ah,” Grunkle Stan pulled a cardboard box to himself and sat comfortably. “I guess I’m up for a little storytelling.”

Grunkle Ford sat on a separate box and asked his brother, “Are you sure about this, Stanley?”

“They’re old enough.” Grunkle Stan said confidently, ruffling their little heads. Giggling, Mabel crawled up onto Grunkle Stan’s lap and Dipper sat on Grunkle Ford’s lap, the book still in his tight grasp.

“Tell us a story, tell us a story!” Mabel pleaded, bouncing on Grunkle Stan’s lap.

“Okay, okay.” The old man chuckled and began to tell his story. “It was 1852…”

“No it was not.” Grunkle Ford interrupted. “It was 1832.”

“Shaddup, I’m telling the story!”

“I’d let you tell it id you would tell it correctly.”

The kids giggled at the playful bickering and Grunkle Stan joined in. “Alright, fine, it was 1832. It was storming, kinda like it is right now, and late into the night. Charles Carroll was the last guy who had signed the Declaration of Independence and was still alive.”

“You do know what that is, right?” Grunkle Ford asked the children, who both nodded.

“We learned about it in school.” Dipper informed.

“Oh, good.”

“Anyways,” Grunkle Stan injected, excited to tell his story. “Charles Carroll was part of a secret society called The Masons.”

“Like me!” Dipper gasped.

Grunkle Ford chuckled and ruffled his hair. “That’s right, my boy. That’s right.”

“You see, this Charles guy was dying.” Grunkle Stan went on. “And so he had his stable boy drive him in the dark storm to the White House so he could talk to Andrew Jackson.”

“Why?” Mabel asked.

“Cuz Charles had an important secret to tell the president before he died.”

“Did he talk to him?” Dipper asked.

Ford shook his head. “No. He never got the chance. You see, the stable boy went to alter the president, but he wasn’t home that evening.”

“Probably too busy kicking Indians outta their homes.” Grunkle Stan muttered bitterly.

“Stanley,” Grunkle Ford hissed warningly.

“So, with no one else to tell his secret to, Charles locked himself inside the carriage with the stable boy, our grandfather’s grandfather, James Pines, and told him his secret.” Grunkle Stan said.

“What was his secret?” Dipper asked.

The old men exchanged smiles, then whispered at the same time, “A treasure.”

A crack of thunder and lightning made the children hold onto their great-uncle tightly. “A treasure beyond all imagining.” Grunkle Ford muttered.

“A treasure that had been fought over for centuries by tyrants, pharaohs, emperors, warlords.” Grunkle Stan added.

“And every time it changed hands, it grew bigger and bigger.”

“And then suddenly,” Grunkle Ford snapped his fingers. “It vanished. And it didn’t reappear until over a thousand years later, when knights from the first crusades discovered secret vaults beneath the Temple of King Solomon.”

“You kids do know who King David and Solomon are, right?” Grunkle Stan double-checked. When Dipper and Mabel nodded, he went on with the story. “The knights who found it agreed it was too good for anybody, so they brought the treasure to Europe and formed a group called The Knight Templar.”

“Over the next century, they smuggled it out of Europe.” Grunkle Ford narrated. “They formed a new brotherhood called The Free Masons, after the builders of the great temple. But then the Revolutionary War happened, but by then the treasure had been hidden again.”

“And The Free Masons now included folks like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Paul Revere.” Grunkle Stan said. “They knew they had to make sure the British never got their dirty hands on it, so they devised a series of clues and maps to each location. Over time, the clues were lost or forgotten. That is, except for one last clue, and that’s what Charles wanted to give to the president, but he gave it to James Pines.”

Grunkle Ford and Dipper opened the book, and the old researcher pulled out an old piece of paper, then read it out-loud to the children. “The secret lies with Charlotte.”

“Charlotte?” Mabel repeated. “Who’s she?”

“No one knows.” Grunkle Ford answered. “Not even poor Charles Carroll knew.”

“But, the Masons and the Founding Fathers were clever, like us.” Grunkle Stan reached into his pocket and pulled out a dollar bill, showing the kids the symbols. “The unfinished pyramid, the all-seeing eye. Those are symbols of the Guardians of the Temple. They’re speaking to us, just in a language we don’t speak yet.”

They all heard warm chuckling and looked at the doorway to see Dipper and Mabel’s father standing in a red flannel and smiling at the warm scene. “Or they thought it looked cool and decided to put it on their money so other countries would take them seriously.”

Grunkle Stan shook his head and pocketed his cash. “Your old man doesn’t believe in the Free Masons anymore.”

“I just think our Founding Fathers were a little too busy fighting for their lives and freedom to have time to hide the world’s largest treasure and leave clues on how to find it.” Alex said with a shrug. “Anyway, we really should get going. Thanks again for having us over, you guys.”

“Of course, we’re always happy to see you all.” Grunkle Ford reassured as the old men put the kids down and stood up.

Alex went downstairs, and Grunkle Ford and Stan moved to follow, but a small voice stopped them. “Grunkle Stan, Grunkle Ford, are…” Dipper stopped, shy and hesitant, and rubbed his arm bashfully. 

But Mabel understood him and finished the question for him. “Are we knights?”

Grunkle Stan laughed and Grunkle Ford chuckled warmly at their children. “You both wanna be?” Grunkle Stan asked.

The kids nodded excitedly.

“Okay. Kneel.” Grunkle Stan instructed.

Dipper and Mabel obeyed. Grunkle Stan shed his robe and grape it over Dipper’s shoulders, meanwhile Grunkle Ford took off his trenchcoat and decorated Mabel with it in the same manner. Then Grunkle Stan took out his pocket knife, popped it open, and held it upward, like a sword.

“Mason and Mabel Pines, as great-great-great-great-grandkids of James Pines, do you take the duties…” Grunkle Stan snorted. “Heh. Duties.”

Grunkle Ford groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose while the kids giggled. “Do you swear to take the responsibilities of the Templars, the Masons, and the family Pines?”

“We so swear.” Dipper and Mabel harmonized, and then Grunkle Stan lightly tapped each of their shoulders with his tiny sword.

At once the kids got up and hugged their uncles, Mabel to Grunkle Ford and Dipper to Grunkle Stan, but the old pair of brothers brought them all together for a big warm hug.

[iamanartichoke]

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[non-sequitura]

Non-sequitura Disney in-depth analysis (after making a tier list)

Warning: SUPER longform. If you don’t know a movie well, you should skip the summary. I tried to be light on spoilers, but they’re there.

I went chronologically from favorite to least favorite. So S tier is, in order from fave to least fave, The Incredibles, WALL-E, then Zootopia.

S tier (Something I consider high quality AND a movie I greatly enjoy. I would love more Disney movies be like this.)

The Incredibles - one of my favorite movies of all time, possibly THE favorite. Rockin social commentary, epic action scenes, memorable characters, not a minute of screentime wasted, great take on the Fantastic Four, hilarious parts for both adults and children, an interesting villain, etc. 

WALL-E - I love how social commentary was done here. Also skies above, what a beautiful love story. Really blazed a trail in non-verbal storytelling (especially given it was an animated kids film!) Robot animations are particularly delightful. 

Zootopia - another social message delivered excellently and entertainingly. I love Judy and her persistence, I love the expressiveness of the faces and the epic city setting. I love Judy and Nick's banter. This movie deserves to be remembered longer than it has been so far. Admittedly, not one of my fave villains, which makes it my least favorite of the Ss. 

A tier (either super high quality or something I greatly enjoy and deem of at least reasonably good quality)

Mulan - this movie did everything right. Truly feminist protagonist, an icon for strong Asian women, fairly culturally accurate (tho Mushu confuses me), GORGEOUS and iconic music. Lets a relatively natural romance develop. I frickin love the action scenes, I love the emporer. Sadly, this movie just didn't lodge its way in my heart as well as Pixar did. Pixar just has some magic, yo. 

Cinderella - my gosh what an underrated protagonist. Her family straight-up abuses her and she never loses sight of her goals for a better life. Iconic visuals helped bring Disney out of bankruptcy. A gorgeous alto singing voice. 

Wreck-it Ralph - alright alright ppl don’t crucify me for this. I honestly can’t think of much wrong with this movie. Vanellope and Ralph’s vitriolic best buds relationship is adorable, her forgiveness of him is heartwarming and (relatively) deserved, rockin’ Owl City song, epic visuals that mix together bc of all the different games. ALSO ONE OF THE BEST DISNEY VILLAINS NO CAP. One of the only twist villains I like. And we stan the romantic pairing. 

Tangled - I’ve talked about this a lot, but Rapunzel deserved the whole world after what she’s gone through. That being said, Gothel is not some shallow monster she needs to escape from, but an intelligent, well-defined monster with backstory. I could totally see this story happening if the world of Tangled existed. Epic love story, hilarious dialogue. Music is… good but much of it is less memorable to me. Visuals are good but not quite at the level/creativity of many other disney films. 

The Lion King - they really put Hamlet in Africa and pulled it off lol. But in all seriousness, no one took the premise of this film seriously at the time and it became sooo iconic. I love Scar and his eventual downfall, I love how Simba grows emotionally, I love the sad moments that don’t overpower the overall feeling of light goofiness. And music so memorable it was one of the first Disney musicals. 

Coco - not a super unique story premise. But an incredible culture to explore with such creativity and sensitivity. I love the themes of death not being the worst and music being so central to the story. Twist/twist villain was memorable and not expected. And yeah, it did make me cry, so props there. 

Ratatouille - the most recently watched of these films for me. This movie is soooo unique! Back when Pixar was truly super out there with their concepts. Super Parisian visuals and soundtrack. It somehow starts goofy (THE OLD LADY TRIES TO KILL REMY WITH A SHOTGUN WHILE WEARING A GAS MASK) but really drives home the message that you can truly do what you want regardless of who you are. Colette can get it. And the monologue by Ego at the end is one of my favorites in film. 

Frozen - Anna is one of my favorite Disney protagonists. She’s so resilient and loyal. Elsa ain’t bad either but she experiences… less character development. The film is a tad too pleased with its own self-awareness for my taste, but there’s no denying how iconic the music and visuals were. 

Inside Out - Alright, this movie hits home for me bc I tried to run away after moving. A super thoughtful, heartfelt depiction of (potentially depression? imo) with great moments of humor. Riley’s inner world is so creative and lovely. Also realistic depictions of Minnesota/California culture. 

Tarzan - Jane! is! smart! and! adorable! Her scientific curiosity makes her very endearing. it’s so cute to see her and Tarzan learn from each other. Also Tarzan’s “found mother” is epic. Solid score. Solid film all around. To quote Lily Orchard, “This film is what Pocahontas tried to be.” 

B tier (one of my favorites but has a few significant flaws that bring it down (or not quite as memorable to me, but consider good quality))

Peter Pan - Haven’t seen it in a hot sec, but I remember being super charmed by this as a kid. Just going out, having incredible adventures, and returning to a warm home at the end of the day. Tinker Bell is hilarious and beautifully drawn. Gets major negative points for the depiction of Native Americans tho. 

Big Hero 6 - I was super charmed by the protagonist, his family/friends, and the setting. The plot/villain’s motivations are a bit of a mess, though. 

Princess and the Frog - This movie has so much flavor to it! The visuals/music are lovely and unique. Tiana is incredible but it’s kinda annoying how EVERYONE keeps trying to shoehorn her into romance. The thing is, her goals are entirely reasonable. Focus on her restaurant, then look to settle down. But they’re like “nooo you’re ignoring the important things in life” smh. Also, epic villain, woohoo! The movie dragged significantly for me when they were in the bayou. Charlotte is delightful. 

Winnie the Pooh - don’t remember it super well, but I think it was charming and occasionally dark, which is an addictive concoction. 

The Little Mermaid - MAN ppl roast Ariel way more than she deserves. Visually, it was… fine. idk. This movie is good. I don’t have much else to say about it. 

Snow White - the one that started it all. Visually, super impressive. Musically, lovely. I find the romance a bit… off. Well, more than a bit. What is it with Disney and kissing sleeping people? 

Alice in Wonderland - a nerdy acid trip. Right up my alley! I also like films where ppl go on incredible adventures and return to the status quo, but THEY changed bc of it. Epic. SUUUUPER creative visual interpretation of Carroll’s book. Brave - gosh I loooove films where a parent and child learn to understand each other. Never got why ppl hated this movie so much. The Scottish flavor is present and fun. Merida made one mistake and made it up. The arrow scene is iconic. 

Cars - a fun ride! (hahaha puns.) We love seeing Paul Newman as a car. 

B-minus tier? (same as B, but problematic, or weaker story-wise.)

Hunchback - man… settings-wise, this film might be my favorite. I also love Esmeralda and Quasimodo as characters and as a duo (though the sexualized depiction of Romani ppl is not epic.) I also don’t find the discrimination against Esmeralda/Quasimodo jarring bc it matches the time period. Frollo is super interesting as a villain. The gargoyles are… def not necessary. Basically, this film doesn’t know what it’s doing with tone. 

Sleeping Beauty - Aurora was my favorite when I was younger because I thought she was the prettiest, and that still defines how i feel about this, basically. Visually lovely - everything is kind of elongated and gothic. Maleficent is spiteful and epic. I have no issue with the fluffier parts of the movie, like the music or the fairies. RIP for lack of consent being a plot point, though. 

Hercules - Megara is incredible. one of the only Disney “princesses” who acts like an adult and has cynicism as a major part of her personality. I love her and Herc’s progression where she learns to trust him (yes, he is genuinely that sincere, it’s not a front.) Muses are unique, whoever came up with them was high on something and I’m living for it. I just think the plot itself was somewhat unrealistic/ weirdly-paced. There are some memorable songs, some less-than-memorable songs. Art style is cool but I’m personally not a fan. EXTREMELY inaccurate depictions of the original Greek gods. 

C tier (entertaining, but I don't consider it a great movie)

Bolt - I watched this like 11 years ago. It was fun! A cool concept about those put on a pedestal learning their worth even without celebrity boosting them up. Animation was… fine I think. not super memorable to me. 

Frozen 2 - They really took any scrap of character development Elsa had in the first movie, threw it in the garbage and set it on fire. Anna deserved so much better. Songs are bombastic and impressive, have the occasional interesting lyric, but are really weirdly placed and none are quite as iconic as the first movie’s (except Aurora, she does great work here. Also the song Anna sings after she thinks Elsa died.) 

Not a big fan of the vaguely homeopathic theme. Not a big fan of Olaf’s WEIRD character development. Not a big fan of the suuuuuper awkward dialogue and the animations that imply not only that Kristoff is into his reindeer but that Elsa and Anna are into each other (if you’re questioning if they did that, yes, they did, I can find screenshots of some really weird expressions/moments. THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO PANDER TO YOUR WEIRD FANS, DISNEY.) 

The voice actors did great work, the animators did great work (look at the details on their clothes! Look at how Elsa’s posture changes to be more confident! look at how they're animated while they're singing!) Some weird costume/makeup choices that make Elsa look like an aging starlet, but she also has some gorgeous moments so eh. It’s a wash for me. 

They really did not know what to do with Kristoff this movie, huh. The only thing that happened to him was singing a cheesy 90s ballad and marrying Anna, both of which were admittedly epic. Also, the trolls got 0 appearances despite being literally psychic. Probably could have helped with a lot. I'm not a huge fan of lore/worldbuilding, and thee was a lot of it here. Overall neutral on it. 

Also a big theme in this movie I don’t love - **** TANGIBLE CONSEQUENCES TO OUR ACTIONS!!! The danger is Elsa’s death, the elements, colonialism, and Arendelle literally being destroyed. None of those end up playing out, so I was left at the end going “this film had literally no stakes.” 

Monsters U - same as above - entertaining at the time! Not super memorable. The ppl we were supposed to dislike kept switching. Doesn’t really match the canon of Monsters Inc (I thought they were supposed to have known each other since childhood so why did they meet in college?) 

Cars 3 - so apparently, everyone HATED this movie! Fun! I never watched Cars 2 (yes watched Cars 1 if you haven’t been paying attention to this list), but I didn’t think this movie was bad at all. Well-acted, some fun chase scenes, the scene where Lightning fails at driving in the simulation is genuinely hilarious, and some interesting perspectives on teachers getting the spotlight for their skills for once. 

Incredibles 2 - I liked this film at first, but then it was… just okay in retrospect. I love me some good family dynamics. The plot here makes not a lot of sense. THEY BUILT UP THE UNDERMINER FOR NOTHING AND THEN FORGOT ABOUT HIM. I was surprised by the villain swap, but it happened so last minute I never really understood their motivations even after they explained them. Tried to tackle waaaay too many messages. 

D tier (I didn't enjoy these or consider them mediocre)

Finding Dory - Maybe I should have put this higher? Like C tier at least. Ah well. Wasn’t a huge fan of the body/physical comedy (not my thing), but it was entertaining and awww finding family is heartwarming. 

Finding Nemo - I remember nothing about this movie. 

E tier (this film has significant problems)

Beauty and the Beast - *sigh*… I want to love this movie. The score is gorgeous. Visually, they could have made it more distinctly Rococo-era France but didn’t (why?) The voice actors did good work and I think Paige O’Hara is SUPER underrated here. 

The Beast is emotionally manipulative with an awful temper that (for MOST of the movie. He doesn’t change.) That’s the main reason this is in E tier. This movie shaped so many generations of people thinking they can change the behavior of someone who treats them badly through the power of love. But you can’t. She learns to “love” the beast under coercion. It’s not Stockholm syndrome - it’s a trashy romance novel. Big fan of Gaston as a villain. He’s an archetype ppl can recognize and it’s so satisfying to hate him.

F tier (I think this film actively harms the industry and would rather it not have been made. Both the one in E tier could be considered harmful to the industry, but I think they had significant enough artistic accomplishments to scrape above that. I'm also generally a fan of "lack of censorship bc it's better to teach what not to do.")

Pocahontas - this movie took real historical events and romanticized them AND sexualized one of the only Native princesses they’ve had. Boo. Nothing wrong with animation!Pocahontas as a character, it’s just people put her in a story that doesn’t represent history well at all (and these historical events, unlike those in say, 14th-century Germany, had super relevant effects on people alive today.) And they portrayed the Native Americans and colonial settlers as equally in the wrong. (though I like Governor Radcliffe as a potential villain and love the line “see how I glitter.” I can’t NOT laugh when I hear it.) Lovely music, though. Nice animation, but the colors are weirdly… muted? 

Bad Garbage (I don't wish this film had never been made, but I wish I never had to see it.)

Planes - this movie was ridiculous. I remember not much about it except that I kinda hated it and that it was super cheesy with tension one could see right through that immediately resolved itself via one twist or another. 

Haven’t seen tier: Recess, A Bug’s Life, A Goofy Movie, DuckTakes Movie, Lilo and Stitch, Pinocchio (actually i have seen this but I remember nothing about it), The Nightmare before Christmas, Toy Stories 1, 2, and 3, Up, 101 Dalmatians, The Great Mouse Detective, Cars 2, Moana, The Good Dinosaur, Pete’s Dragon, Fantasia, Peter Pan Return to Neverland, Fantasia 2000, The Black Cauldron (read the book, though!), Bambi (or I did and remember nothing about it), The Rescuersm, The Rescuers Down Under, Planes Fire and Rescue, Bambi 2, The Fox & the Found, Oliver and Company, Atlantis, Treasure Planet (I want to, though), Piglet’s Big Movie, The Jungle Book, the Emporer’s New Groove, The Jungle Book 2, Chicken Little, Brother Bear, The Three Caballeros, Pooh’s Heffalump Movie, Dumbo, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Aladdin (seen parts but never the whole thing), Strange Magic, The Sword in the Stone, James and the Giant Peach, Frankenweenie, Lady and the Tramp, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Doug’s 1st Movie, Monsters Inc. (want to, though), Meet the Robinsons, Dinosaur, The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Tigger Movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, that pooh movie at the end without the title on it

-11/21/20

[the-firebird69]

And there's several other things happening here and yeah it was electrical truck and keeping Trump on the up and up and they say they know he's up to and they do and they also threatened him and it was not friendly

-there's other things happening this a****** next door is clueless my son doesn't like him and doesn't want him there and people don't get that either I'm taking over a huge fleet and we need to put it out there occasionally our operations are going to be dark you won't see us going around messing up bleach directly and you're going to repentance when you find out what we're like your area of expertise doesn't really cross over that much into hours and there's only a few of you who are trained and they're dwindling because of these major Morris and battles soon you're going to be completely oblivious and we need it too and we have a plan and to help the masses as well. But we just want to let you know that we don't like you people and what you're doing is making it much worse and the pseudo empire hates you and they know they were pretty big it's an awkward situation but if they're doing something to you you might back them up because you're constantly annoying us and harassing us and you will not shut up you think it's doing his harm so we're going to do harm and you're stupid and shut up Trump you're going to pay for your comments pretty quick too

We have a lot of class A destroyers and we know what to do with them. Our son of course knows about Saturn and we do as well and was sent to detachment to make sure that the max don't gain control and it's a very large one so doing the job you said you were doing and it went pretty quick at it we also have some more information about what's going to happen today and here as well in Charlotte county

1. Is going to be law and order it was declared this morning the pseudo empire is going to start taking over the sheriff's office and police and found their actions in recent couple weeks to be horrendous and especially at the grocery store can't go in there without them being there and I love to waltz around and mess with people so they're going to take it over and that's with them and mess with them

2. It's a huge number of people watching the show and these warlock pretend no one is they're getting slaughtered all over the world the pseudo empire doesn't want it and minority molok don't want it they're being hired and even deputized to shut you down unless your actions and activities are so negative globally

3. There's another element to this yes, it is that you're being repulsive on purpose it has not served your cause and it isn't serving it now and they have to stop you from doing it that's what they're saying everyone is sick of you and they're clobbering you and arresting you capturing you and killing a lot of you Mac morlock because he refused to stop so it said in town all over the world that there's three other groups not going to attack you to shut you down and relatively soon

4. Other items that are happening and are definite Johnny remillard and Dan next door are going to be evicted. Stan found it amazing how many idiots were trying to make his nephew puke no take a poop before he gets to the restroom and he saw him speed up and use the throttle only I thought it was smart and it works sometimes and he's holding it in and took forever to clean up it's a sign that it became a pain now people hate it before no they don't hate our son or Stan but they are despicable people and he's a loser this guy damn and he says what do you think you're going to get and out of his mouth came a whole bunch of stuff I said okay so we're going to go take those things to prove it wrong and we started taking the stuff from him he's going I see I was in that so he had to get hit so he gets hit for it a lot of people are catching on if he says he gets that out of his mouth that's what you go after plus we have to I and he says he spends his night in misery and things it's too stupid to remember so a son said you said you get this and they're going after it they said they do it every time it's just to shut you up you're stupid and he says okay so he sleeps wakes up and he says I can't take that s*** from him I said I don't think you should take it from anyone because we're just going to crush you because you won't listen to anyone you're a freaking moron and you start getting attitude and then he got put down he said I've had it we're stupid and we're doing it wrong it doesn't work this is doing to one person and your entire claim is dying and as a matter of fact you're race and it said well it's causation so yeah it's causation and he kept talking I said why don't you shut up and if you don't you did then we had to shut him down

5. Other things are happening here and around the globe they are pulling the idiots out of position of power and a lot more than normal they're ripping them out

6. And really few people are miserably freaking weak and stupid and you think he's going to sit there and feel sorry for all of you at the same time as all of you are marching him around abusing him you're freaking stupid in nuts they don't live in reality we have to tell you everyday and see yourself getting shot you can't figure it out you two have been hit quite a bit because you're dumb f****** mouth that's true they plan to do stupid s*** like little kids so we plan to take your stuff have a nice time losing a juvenile delinquents now just like your scum and they don't get it but they will they'll have to fight the f*** when they juiced up like they used to do to us all the time it's nice it's really nice yeah that comes down to you guys did your job these people are so awful that it kind of discounts everything because everybody let him get out of control and haven't be awful so I'm using them to take over the realm and really nobody is playing the brakes everybody's got an excuse for these suck and really this sucking you dry I just making mistakes so so but for real the people who are weak and doing what they want are also going to be escorted out we find your name a lot bill and they say you're pushing him against all of us and Tommy f in the slew of others who they have on a list to expel and they mean it too there's other things happening it was pretty big this is big and it's global this area they're expelling people

Thor Freya

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