#perfect casting tbh

[partfae]

I think about Morfydd Clark's Galadriel at least once a day. I love her.

[coulsonlives]

Sokka's been on screen for like 30 seconds and I already love him and his actor omfg

[gibsalotdoodles]

hehe *wolf’s your 359*

[turtleblogatlast]

No but like every time I think about Splinter and what he had to go through just to keep the boys alive, my heart hurts for him so badly. Is he perfect? No not at all, but none of them are and by god does he love his sons.

The fact that all of them are alive, and grew to thrive despite the circumstances surrounding them is a testament of how much Splinter loves his boys. He raised four babies following the most traumatic time of his life, all alone with nothing but the sewers to house them (to hide them.) I feel like he’s not given the credit he deserves for all he’s done.

And I get that it’s easy to hold up his flaws and faults when it comes to parenting, I myself like looking into them because flawed characters are super interesting and said flaws make them more realistic and engaging, but he tries, and again, so many others would have given up on the boys or failed along the way but Splinter didn’t.

He’s their father, for all his faults he did his damndest to make sure they survived.

[likealittleheartbeat]

I try to generally be constructive and engaged with the show I love on here, so on this day, I’ll just say that one of the most thematically important aspects for me from the original ATLA is Aang’s emotional core of real shame for running away when he was hurt by the monk’s decision to send him away. People who feel the kind of deep-seated shame that Aang feels from this decision can understand how that kind of all-encompassing shame is not built around a simple failure or a lie they tell themselves; it’s constructed from real misbehaviors and transgressions of their own sense of ethics—lashing out, telling lies, attempting to hurt others intentionally—that then have consequences (abuses, abandonments, or deaths) which seem to far exceed their expectations or even basic logic.

The combination of the misbehavior with exaggerated existential punishments (along with a lack of support and amend-making in the immediate wake of the events) is what transforms a sense of guilt (I fucked up) into shame (I am a forever fuck-up). Then shame, that sense of being a secret monster ‘no matter what I do or how good everyone thinks I am,’ invites all the avoidance strategies (Aang puts on big smiles, makes lots of jokes, constantly tries to make everyone happy, hops from town to town without building deeper connections). One doesn’t want to acknowledge one’s true feelings or let others in to see those feelings and experiences because it’s too painful to face the grief at the same time that you have to look at yourself for being responsible—even when you recognize it wasn’t totally your fault. It’s just that if you had just been good, less emotional, less human, then maybe the world wouldn’t be so messed up. Of course, in a zen view of things, the world will always be messed up in the same way it will always be beautiful. These are constant facts that always coexist in balance, and this is the truth that Aang learns and that undergirds the whole series.

So I always loved that Aang ran away. It was his sin and his salvation. And it becomes this constant tension for the series—he gets hurt in Bato of the Water Tribe and starts to run away from Katara and Sokka, he runs away to the Guru in the Crossroads of Destiny and his best friend is attacked, he and the gaang retreat after the Day of the Black Sun failure, he runs away to meditation in Sozin’s Comet when everyone wants him preparing for war. Aang’s reluctance to be a hero and the attachments and petulance for which he gets criticized are what metamorphasize to become his most noble attributes. They allow him to empathize with others shame and, ultimately, wield the kind of compassion that can deconstruct the power and perfectionism of imperialism.

So yes, Aang ran away from his temple 100 years ago. It wasn’t the mentally healthy choice. It wasn’t the ethical choice. It wasn’t the wise choice. It was human and emotional and shameful and real. Aang is a better character for it. ATLA is a better show because of it. And we are better people when we understand these kind of tragic emotional experiences that people are trying so hard to grow through.

[proselles]

i cant even lie, in the wake of the utter disaster that is the wuthering heights casting, i bring back my opinion that period pieces in general would be better if the actors cast were relatively unknown. like, you're already asking for suspension of reality by putting meg march in an instagram ready makeup facial. why cast emma watson on top of that.

margot robbie and jacob elordi were obviously terrible, terrible choices for the movie. but i genuinely do think that this movie would benefit from the casting of two unknown actors who are ready to give this piece their all, put their entire soul into this grotesque pining and insane spiral of love. give unknown actors more chances. especially with a budget as big as im sure emerald is getting she could definitely afford to take a risk and cast two unknown actors. ik theres a pair out of there who wouldve gone absolutely feral.

but we've got to give the tiktok audience what they want and what they want is a sanitized romance in the sense that it will be free from any racial overtones, or even undertones. we gotta make sure the movie is marketable for the edits that'll be made. watch there be some stupid shit where catherine and heathcliff are not best friends and have some weird ooc dynamic. some reylo ass shit.

[doreensladle]

I hate action shows but I guess I’ll suffer for Izzy Roland

[sitcomhomo]

absolutely impeccable clip. bertie flopping over so ridiculously as he almost gets hit by a car. jeeves look of confusion turned concern, then him rushing over to help him up. bertie being confused and pissed off while jeeves fixes brinkley with a look of open disgust/detestation (basically recoiling when he calls him reggie). jeeves inviting a pleasantly surprised and curious bertie into the ganymede club for a drink. this is art, my friends.

[deeplyshalllow]

The big issue with UK Heathers is they cast the perfect cast immediately and really they had nowhere to go but downhill after that.

[strawberrystepmom]

!!!!! i never asked who your favorite golden kamuy characters are! pls share 🥰🎤

presenting this image as my entire answer

[catacosmo]

If there is anything more they do to FFXVI, whether it be a new game, more LORE BOOKS, or an anime, or something, I still want more Clive. Yes I am THAT bitch

[starstruckodysseys]

this is a cry for help (i have no one to talk about sword af with)

[amethystroselily]

I can only actually hate main characters bc when villains do something wrong they’re just kind of fulfilling their narrative purpose and moving the plot along, but when a MAIN CHARACTER does something annoying and then the narrative insists they’re in the right I’m like oh great I’m stuck with this motherfucker for the rest of the series.

[callum-hunt-is-bisexual]

i truly believe nobody will ever portray amy march as perfectly as kirsten dunst and samantha mathis did

[wtfforged]

i have finally watched the last grand jipang filler episode (i skipped a lot of filler my first watch through) and i am incredibly disappointed in you all with the lack of monk zoro fanart there is in the world. shame on you all. i will change this with my own bare hands

[c1nto]

jossgawin in the messy high heat drama i winnnnn