#shining river

[perennial-serene77]

The Midnight River.

Under the shining smiling stars, we shall hold hands and cuddle.

Listening to nature's finest instrumentals, the river, as it soothes our heavy minds and refreshes our tangled brains.

Oh my dear Mr Perfect, please come and meet me at the Midnight River.

[greatsylveon2007]

Happy very late mother's day <33

[teaboot]

I really do believe that God put me on this earth to find hiding spots in airports

[unsurebazookacore]

the wheeler siblings and their guns what a time to be alive

[soulofgod]

𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙨

[notwarriorswiki]

To celebrate Riverstar's Home, I drew Riverstar with his husband and kits. Did you know Riverstar is gay guys?

Did you know Riverstar is gay.

[guessimdumb]

East River Pipe - Hide My Life Away From You (1995)

I recently posted another tune from 1995's Even the Sun Was Afraid, but this has been the soundtrack to my bored and sometimes depressing summer.

You're so special Not me, just you

[dangermousie]

Pre-Joseon Sageuks: a Biased and Incomplete List

So, as promised way earlier, a post on pre-Joseon sageuks that I’ve either watched or plan to watch so am aware of them. I am sure there are others but here is what I got. Obviously my takes on them are subjective blah blah blah.

Jumong - arguably the Daddy of all Traditional Sageuks, this one ran for over 80 episodes and had insane ratings. It follows the rise of the mythical founder of Gogureyo tho it takes fantastical elements of his story and changes them for historically plausible ones. It’s very long and very meaty and politics/battle heavy and has a large cast of complex characters (including pretty nifty women and a LGBTQ supporting OTP) but it is anchored by the incredible performance of Song Il Gook as the titular character as he slowly but believably grows from nothing to a hero if at the cost of losing his marriage.

The King of Tears Lee Bang Won - this is basically a half and half beast as (you can tell by the title), it’s set in the last days of Goryeo and early days of Joseon. The time period covered is the same as in My Country and Six Flying Dragons, but this is the most traditional take of them all, even more so than 6FD. Not a single pretty face in the cast (tho Joo Sang Wook is a mighty fine man, emphasis on “man”), this is for the real fans of traditional sageuks. I enjoyed it a lot but if you want to check out pre-Joseon sageuks but have mainly watched youth sageuk stuff before, you should probably start with another drama on this list.

The Great Seer - set in the reign of King Gongmin, the last proper king of Goryeo (his son King U is technically the very last but there are questions as to his status), this is for those of you who want to watch Ji Sang in a sageuk. It’s centered around seers but don’t expect mysticism, this knuckles down to politics.

Shin Don - hi there, another story set in the reign of King Gongmin! From the title, you can tel it centers heavily on the powerful monk who ruled for the King at one point. This has been on my to-watch list forever because this appears to devote a decent chunk of its time to Gongmin X Noguk and I am dying for a proper drama for those two. This is from 2005 so if you do watch, keep that in mind in terms of visuals etc. That cast is lit!

Bicheonmu - this is sort of cheating because it’s pretty much set in China but it involves Koreans so. It’s a drama take on the same story told in a pretty awesome movie. Tragic love, battles, young Joo Jin Moo etc. i am very fond of it. This said, find and watch the Chinese version, Korean one was shredded.

The Iron Empress/Empress Cheon Chu - set in Goryeo, this was another of women ruler centric dramas that had a mini popularity peak in late 00s/early 10s (a trend I wish continued.) it got overshadowed by Queen Seonduk but by all accounts is a solid drama. It’s on my list but I haven’t watched it yet.

The King’s Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang - by the writer of The Rebel and My Dearest. Have I got your attention? Another woman centric ruler tale set in Baekje. Yes, there is a love story. That cast is great, to boot. I have started and liked what I’ve seen but got sidetracked. Need to get back to it. Before you look at the ep number and faint seeing the number 108, keep in mind that the eps are half an hour long so it’s an equivalent of a normal 54 ep sageuk so if you can watch eg Empress Ki, you are good with this.

My Country: The New Age - Lee Bang Won but make it gay. OK, I kid, sort of (not really) but this is smart and passionate and heartbreaking. If you want a wide scope or lots of politics, probably not a take for you (Six Flying Dragons is RIGHT there), but if you want an intense, emotional tale, come right in!

Six Flying Dragons - to me, this is THE drama about Lee Bang Won. It’s smart and emotional, deals with politics and has heart. It has a large cast of characters I got invested in, OTPs that will blow your mind etc etc.

Faith/The Great Doctor - if you are a fan of old school shoujo like Red River, Basara or Fushigi Yuugi, this or Moon Lovers are your best bet on this list. A time traveling tale with other fantasy elements about a modern day plastic surgeon who ends up being kidnapped into Goryeo during the early days of King Gongmin’s (hi!) reign by a tormented, oath bound warrior played by Lee Min Ho at his hottest (and playing historical General Choi Young. Do RPS at your pleasure), this one is one of my all time favorites.

Seodonyo/Ballad of Seo Dong - I am actually currently watching this one tho I haven’t been posting about it. Set in both Baekje and Silla, this is an angsty love story with a side of politics. It’s filmed in 2005 and looks accordingly but if you don’t mind dated visuals, this is pretty great!

Emperor of the Sea - set in Silla and Tang, this was a huge hit and deservedly so. Our protag is a slave and gladiator and a great naval hero. This is grim and smart and epic. It’s from 2004 so once again, if dated visuals are no-go, skip, but if you want a great story and performances, this has your name on it.

The Kingdom of the Winds - an epic cursed prince narrative, our ML (Song Il Gook at his sexiest) rises from abandoned prince and slave and abused assassin to general, royal and king, sparing time for an angsty delicious love story with an enemy princess. This has serious sageuk bits AND the best shoujo tropes in the business, plus enough whump to keep anyone happy.

Gye Baek - Lee Seo Jin, another sageuk stalwart, stars as the title character in this tale of a Baekje commoner, war slave and general. This is grim but glorious.

Soldier/God of War - this is a traditional war-centric sageuk and grim as hell. Another slave to general tale.

King Geun Chu Go - this is on my watch list; it’s about a warrior king of Baekje. Haven’t seen it but heard good things.

Ja Myung Go - smart and unrelentingly tragic, featuring Jang Ryeo Won and Jung Kyung Ho as doomed lovers and Park Min Young in an evil role, this is great and has deeply flawed characters in the very definition of doomed by the narrative tale.

Arthdal Chronicles - this is obviously a fantasy but the tale of prophesied twins, magical priestess, wars and mysticism is clearly set in a pre-Joseon in terms of aesthetics world.

Alchemy of Souls - like Arthdal this is pure fantasy but also like Arthdal, a lot of its styling is pre-Joseon so on this list it goes.

Moon Lovers/Scarlet Heart Ryeo - ok I think if people have heard of only one drama on this very long list, it’s probably this one. Modern time traveling heroine ending up during the reign of Goryeo’s King Taejo, in the middle of his sons’ fight for the throne, having an epic but doomed romance with shoujo catnip tortured bad boy Lee Jun Ki.

Shine or Go Crazy - if you want a more historical take on Moon Lovers succession fight but still with plenty of hotness, angst and doomed romance, come right in. This baby stars Jang Hyuk, so you know it’s bound to be good. I actually started it and enjoyed it but got sidetracked. Need to get back to it. Fun fact: while Moon Lovers was hugely popular internationally, domestically Shine or Go Crazy (they aired around the same time), did much better.

The Legend/The First King’s Four Gods - for a long time this was my favorite kdrama of all time and is still probably in my top 10. Ignore the odd first episode, the rest is perfection. Expensive and wonderfully written, this was Bae Yong Joon’s last drama before he retired to rest on his pile of money (if you are young, you probably don’t remember what a big deal he was, bigger than all the Hallyu stars nowadays put together. He basically was singlehandedly supporting the kdrama industry at one point), but what a worthy way to go out. It’s an epic Goguryeo fantasy tale of a prophesied prince coming into his own, with such amazing characters and relationships and OTPs and battles and points about destiny versus free will. It is everything and I kinda want to rewatch now.

The Blade and The Petal/Sword and Flower - ostensibly a star-crossed Gogureyo love story, this really is more about politics. It’s a mixed bag. The visuals are insane but Uhm Tae Woong, while always solid in modern dramas, is out of place in a sageuk (in QSD Kim Nam Gil stole his thunder; there is nobody to do so here but that doesn’t help him.)

Queen Seon Duk - probably the most famous entrant into female power sageuks, this was a mad hit and centered on the titular character’s rise to power and fight for the same with her female nemesis Mishil. If you want love stories, angsty fighter Bidam propelled Kim Nam Gil to stardom as he stole the leading man mantle from Uhm Tae Woong.

Empress Ki - currently rewatching this. It’s set in the waning days of Goryeo but takes place mainly in Yuan. Still, the FL is Korean and a lot of the story revolves around one of her suitors’, a deposed Korean king, attempts to get his land back. As you can tell by my rabid posts, this is a great drama - politics, romance (I ship FL and the Yuan emperor like mad), murder, dysfunction and everything good.

Hwarang - it’s so brain dead it might as well be a brain-eating amoeba in drama form but it did give us both Park Hyung Sik and Park Seo Joon before they made it big in drama world. It’s terrible tho, stay away.

River where the Moon Rises - I have such a love/hate relationship with this drama - I loved the beginning, with our tormented assassin heroine slowly being warmed by the loyal rustic ML with his own trauma. And then Ji Soo’s bullying scandal happened and he was replaced by Na In Woo, aka the actor I like least from any country in all my close to two decades of watching dramas. I tried but I simply couldn’t and I am still mad. This said, if you don’t share my NIW allergy, it’s probably worth a watch.

The Great King’s Dream - if you liked QSD and can’t get enough of the period but want an even more traditional tale, you can do worse than this drama. I liked what I saw but this baby is 70 eps and lacks Bidam so I peaced out. Maybe I will get back to it sometime, but probably not.

Jeong Do Jeon - as you can tell by the title, centers on JDJ and the last days of Goryeo. Not really my bag (time period been done plenty in other dramas and I don’t have that much interest in JDJ) but supposed to be solid.

My Only Love Song - a short silly mess but still probably better than River (which tells the same story) because it doesn’t have NIW.

King Gwanggaeto the Great - 92 eps. I can’t!

The King Loves - delicious love triangle (that goes ALL ways), angst, prettiness, a side of bodyguard romance. What’s not to love in this Goryeo tale?

ETA: this post was so long that when I tried to tag every drama I mentioned, tumblr told me you hit the tag limit of 30 tags no more tags for you. Oh well, sorry dramas that ended up I tagged!

[mtonino]

Side by Side - Art Influences Films

Spesso mi sono occupato del rapporto tra arte e cinema e di come si ininfluenzino vicendevolmente, oggi voglio porre l'attenzione su un caso particolare: la presenza dei quadri del pittore Alex Colville nel film Shining di Stanley Kubrick. In realtà, le opere di Colville appaiono in più di un film (Heat, Moonrise Kingdom), ma in Shining ciò avviene ben quattro volte:

Woman and Terrier (1963)

Colville descriveva quest'opera così: "è la mia Madonna col Bambino; ​​naturalmente nel mio mondo il bambino è un cane."

L'artista canadese considerava i cani come esseri senzienti, in grado di vedere, ma incapaci di fare il male. Nella sua arte le persone rappresentano la capacità distratta e iperconsapevole di fare il male e i cani l'innocenza.

"I volti distolti di Colville coinvolgono gli spettatori nelle sue opere, ci fanno sentire dei voyeur. Quando qualcuno in un'opera di Colville guarda direttamente lo spettatore è come se lo avessimo interrotto, come se avessimo fatto irruzione in una scena privata"

tratto da “Scoprire il vero Alex Colville,” Maclean's, 22 agosto 2014

A Jack Torrance è appena stato detto di Delbert Grady, l'ex custode dell'Overlook Hotel che ha fatto a pezzi sua moglie e le sue due figlie. A casa Torrance, a Boulder, l'amico immaginario di suo figlio Danny, gli ha detto che il padre ha ottenuto il lavoro e sta per chiamare per dargli la notizia. Come previsto, il telefono squilla e la moglie di Jack, Wendy, risponde.

Mentre Shelley Duvall si siede per parlare con Jack Nicholson, "Woman and Terrier" di Colville è chiaramente visibile sulla parete di fondo, sopra un televisore. Il dipinto raffigura una donna che abbraccia un terrier, il suo volto è per lo più nascosto dalla testa del cane, con l'angolo dell'occhio sinistro appena visibile, che sbircia fuori.

Nella scena di Shining siamo dentro casa di Wendy e la stiamo osservando rispondere a una telefonata privata, mentre un personaggio di Colville ci spia dalla parete in fondo, ricordandoci che stiamo per assistere al grande orrore che si avvicina.

Horse and Train (1954)

Di questo quadro Colville dice: "Ho sempre pensato che fosse piuttosto bello ma mi rendevo conto che poche persone lo avrebbero comprato per appenderlo in una casa, la maggior parte delle persone sembra considerarlo estremamente morboso"

Danny ha appena avuto la visione delle due bambine e del sangue che scorre, e si è svegliato nella sua camera da letto dopo essere svenuto davanti allo specchio del bagno. Arriva la pediatra per visitarlo dopodiché la dottoressa e Wendy vanno in soggiorno, dove discutono dei problemi di Jack con l'alcol, di come lui una volta abbia slogato il braccio di Danny e di come questo apparentemente abbia causato la prima apparizione del misterioso amico immaginario di Danny.

Mentre attraversano il corridoio, ecco sul muro "Horse and Train", una delle opere più riconoscibili di Colville: un cielo grigio e nuvoloso e un cavallo nero che galoppa lungo i binari verso un treno in arrivo. È un dipinto avvincente, ispirato a un distico di una vecchia poesia sulla futilità di mantenere le convenzioni di fronte a un cambiamento violento e imminente. Le possibilità che il cavallo esca dai binari, o che il treno possa frenare in tempo sono reali, anche se non sembrano probabili. La conversazione tra Wendy e la pediatra chiarisce che Jack ha dei problemi che emergeranno, in grande stile, durante i cinque mesi di isolamento. Cavallo e treno stanno accelerando sulla rotta di collisione.

Dog, Boy, and St. John River (1958)

Il dipinto, un altro dei pezzi più iconici di Colville, raffigura un ragazzo che guarda verso un fiume tenendo in mano un fucile da caccia con un cane appena dietro. Di nuovo non possiamo vederne il volto, lo stiamo guardando dietro.

Quando Danny svolta l'angolo e sbircia attraverso la porta aperta della Stanza 237, la prima cosa che vediamo all'interno è una lampada da tavolo accesa davanti al quadro "Dog, Boy, and St. John River". Non possiamo vedere il volto di Danny mentre guarda attraverso la stanza, riproducendo così quasi lo stesso punto di vista del ragazzo nel quadro.

Un altro cane di Colville fa la sua comparsa nel film (anche se è oscurato dalla lampada), e di nuovo c'è quel pizzico di percezione extrasensoriale. Cosa stanno guardando il cane e il suo padrone, o cosa cercano? Potrebbe essere una battuta di caccia innocente, ma la luce e la prospettiva fanno sembrare che ci sia qualcosa di sinistro là fuori, sopra la grande distesa d'acqua in lontananza. O siamo solo noi, che ci avviciniamo furtivamente al ragazzo e al cane attraverso le canne?

Se Colville credeva che un cane potesse percepire il male, allora forse si sta nascondendo dietro il ragazzo mentre lo segue, il ragazzo è armato e deciso ad affrontare qualsiasi cosa stia per succedere, il cane lo raggiunge ma si tiene a distanza.

È questa la relazione tra Danny e Tony (l'amico immaginario), o tra lui e la sua capacità di "luccicare", mentre si avvicinano furtivamente alla fonte del terrore nascosto dell'Overlook Hotel?

È una coincidenza che il ragazzo e il cane siano davanti a uno specchio d'acqua e che Danny e Tony (e in seguito Jack) stiano per essere attaccati da una strega nuda immersa in una vasca da bagno?

Forse Kubrick sta di nuovo ricordando agli spettatori che si stanno abbandonando al voyeurismo mentre qualcosa di malvagio sta per arrivare?

Non può essere un caso, è sicuramente una scelta consapevole di Kubrick: la prima cosa che vediamo nella stanza 237 è il dipinto, riflesso nello specchio, di un ragazzo che impugna un'arma; più avanti nel film, Danny impugnerà un coltello e scriverà una parola con un rossetto rosso su una porta, ma solo l'inquadratura attraverso uno specchio ne rivelerà il vero significato.

Moon and Cow (1963)

Jack ha sfondato la porta del bagno e ora è sulle tracce di Danny dopo aver eliminato Dick Halloran. Wendy, scampata per un pelo all'attacco in bagno, sta correndo al piano di sopra con in mano il coltello che ha usato per tagliare la mano di Jack. Mentre sale, passa davanti a diversi dipinti, nessuno dei quali è più evidente di "Moon and Cow" di Colville, che rimane inquadrato per qualche breve istante; prima è alla sua sinistra, poi passa alla sua destra.

Il quadro rappresenta una mucca, sdraiata in un pascolo, sulla destra della cornice, che guarda la luna, alla sua sinistra. A differenza dei precedenti, sembra non avere niente a che fare con la storia di Shining senonché, nella scena culminante, pochi minuti dopo, Jack cade sul terreno innevato nel labirinto.

L'ultima inquadratura, prima di vedere apparire il suo corpo congelato la mattina dopo, è di Jack accasciato a terra, a sinistra dell'inquadratura con una luce brillante in lontananza alla sua destra. Proprio come "Moon and Cow", se lo guardassimo attraverso uno specchio.

[coldfruitwater]

sorry jenny but my favorite character from a mountain goats album is the sun in full force galesburg

[dabigothic]

holy lantern at work today 🤍🖤

[belairsilkandlinen]

I had the sort of dream that will take me weeks to fade away from

[dramashii]

Category: Youth Cdramas

Shining For One Thing | Our Secret | Lovely Us | A River Runs Through It | Time and Him are Just Right | Le Coup de Foudre | When I Fly Towards You | When We Were Young

[mangocheesecakes]

Hello! I was wondering if you could help vet/verify the GFM of my sister’s friend, Hanaa Ibrahim?

If you want to get in contact with Hanaa directly, I can text her and ask. I’m afraid she and her family don’t have an online presence, but as proof she’s a real person, her college’s alumni collective shared her fundraiser: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6wVR9JxSt9/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

@syd-beads4evac is also selling jewelry to help! I apologize if the links don’t work or look suspicious, I tried everything I could to attempt to get them to work. I understand you likely have a huge message backlog, thank you for all the work that you do! 

www.gofundme.com/f/help-family-evacuate-gaza

Hello there. Thank you for sending this in and very sorry for this late response.

First, I have to clarify that I am not a Palestinian so I cannot vet or verify fundraisers and has never done so. I only check whether a particular tumblr url is possibly one of the scammers that we've been tracking on here. If the account does not look like the usual scammers, then I try to look around to see if a Palestinian user has already vetted them OR if they have another social media account linked on their blog that could indicate from past posts that they are indeed who they say they are on their asks.

Since you, yourself is vetting this fundraiser, know the person running it personally, and have very kindly provided us with these links, then I trust you and I trust that this is genuine.

(Looking around just after typing this, I see user @/ibtisams have also answered this ask and posted the gfm link here.)

Please consider donating to this gofundme for Hanaa's family. They are currently at $34,270USD of their $100,000 goal.

You can also try purchasing items from @syd-beads4evac who is directing 100% of proceeds to this fundraiser.

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[imnotsorryanymore5]

Moon moon moon!