#this movie consumes my every waking thought

[tragic-ships-tournament]

Tragic Ships Tournament: FINAL ROUND

Propaganda under the cut!

Orphydice:

"y'all probably know the story of orpheus and eurydice. but they are SO tragedy. they are TEXTBOOK tragedy. they redefined the genre. on their literal wedding day as she's walking down the aisle eurydice gets bit by a snake and dies. orpheus loves her so much he goes down to the underworld to try and save her. hades allows him to take her back to the land of the living, as long as she walks behind him, and he cannot look back, otherwise her soul will be taken. he's mostly fine , but begins to doubt and at the very end of the tunnel, he looks back. they lock eyes for a moment before she disappears back into hell. orpheus is then so distraught that he wanders the earth singing mournful melodies and gets stoned to death by some nymphs who think his sad songs are bumming them out. DUUUUDE their story consumed my every waking thought as a child."

Madohomu:

"madoka magica aired 12 episodes in 2011, with a sequel movie titled “rebellion” released in 2014. it’s been over 10 years since then, and these two have become the face of yuri. if someone makes a meme about loving yuri and makes a collage of example ships, madohomu are 100% gonna be present. video essays, fanart, fics, music videos and all kinds of fan projects featuring them are still wildly popular on all social media platforms.

but let’s talk about them (without going into too many spoilers, so this will be about the thematics in their relationship). they are light and darkness. the ying and the yang. forever intertwined. one would not exist without the other, yet they cannot exist together. for madoka has too much love for every living thing and too little for herself. and homura has too much love for madoka it blinds her to everything and everyone else, and she struggles with deep self-hatred. madoka has forsaken her own existence for the world, and homura has forsaken the world she created for her. the show has a lot of religious imagery, and madoka is akin to a god; there’s a shot of homura, who grew up catholic, kneeling at the feet of a gigantic statue of madoka, praying, but her hands stain her clothes. because if madoka is god, then homura is lucifer - specifically, iblis, the muslim version of lucifer, who loved god so much he betrayed him, for he’d rather defy him than bow to his creation, humans. and homura would rather defy the sanctity of madoka’s wish, rather than obey its laws, for she will take madoka’s happiness in her hands, if she refuses to. in the movie, dolls representing homura’s inner machinations yell, “gott ist tot”, for homura’s god, madoka, dies in the movie, when homura remembers that madoka was human first, and godhood was something she reached to save everyone, against her best interest and happiness. their relationship is one of love, kindness, obsession, devotion, hope, faith, worship - they are the thesis and the antithesis, the beginning and the end, the alpha and omega, an unstoppable force and an immovable object. forever locked in a struggle, never fully embracing, for madoka will always sacrifice herself for the world, and homura will always doom the world and herself for madoka."

[brattzbride]

The way that Caracalla seemed to view himself as inferior to his twin is so interesting, considering Geta seemingly did not mind sharing everything with his brother.

He never attempted to make himself appear superior to Caracalla in anyway, (that we know of.)

A possible source may be from Geta constantly trying to keep Caracalla in line, and Caracalla viewing that as him thinking he just knows better.

[gallners]

THE PASSENGER (2023) dir. Carter Smith (insp)

[redblueequalhot]

I think about the men who made their break up/divorce everyone's problem

[earth-to-plut0]

i love sonic you guys..

[crazyexshipper]

[abastardworthknowing]

I keep flip-flopping between which of Azicrow would be Elphaba or Glinda in a Wicked!Good Omens AU…

In some ways our dear Aziraphale is like Glinda, that seems the obvious answer, doesn't it? However, some of Elphaba's traits certainly ring true for Aziraphale too.

He has been known to follow the status quo, even at the detriment of himself, Crowley and the Earth. But when it matters, he puts his foot down and says enough is enough. This cannot happen. Sometimes he needs Crowley's help to push him to reconsider things, or think of it differently. Alternatively, he is already capable of making his own decisions and has been ostracised by Heaven. But then again... when it comes to taking that leap to leave, Aziraphale can't do it. But for reasons dissimilar to Glinda's morals and more inline with Elphaba's morals instead. Also, I can't lie, Elphaba's slight feelings of superiority to others falls inline with Aziraphale thinking he's right quite often 😂

Of course, our darling Crowley can be much like Elphaba too! But he does have some of Glinda's traits as well!

He's also been ostracised, in fact not just by Heaven but by Hell too! But much like Glinda he does seek his own ambition/self-preservation over that of others. He is constantly pushing Aziraphale to think for himself, that they don't need any side but their own. There's something in the way Glinda reacts to Elphaba that feels like the same Yearning that Crowley must feel. The looking on in silence... you see what I'm getting at? I don't know how Ariana did it, but Glinda does feel as though she has a deep connection to Elphaba that feels unmatched by nothing but Azicrow's connection. And they've not even known each other as long!! I digress! This is silly but the amount of Clothes Glinda has, is more akin to Crowley, HAH. Elphaba's individuality from everyone else's is more closely related to Crowley, though he probably follows whatever is popular, like Glinda does.

I think overall Aziraphale is more mixed than Crowley? Plus, they can't both be Elphaba! So while Crowley, to me, feels a lot more like Elphaba generally, Aziraphale would likely take Glinda's role. I ultimately came to the conclusion that if there was a Wicked AU the story would have turned out much differently. If I were to write it, Aziraphale would assume Glinda's role, but it would be a bit like he was secretly like Elphaba.

EDIT when I say Crowley feels like Elphaba, I'm not sure what I meant... but when I see Glinda yearning for Elfie, it does make me think of Crowley. Even though Aziraphale does it a bit more in the text, iirc? Anyway, I don't think these characters can be swapped with as much ease as I thought! They're far too complex for that

[idk3ither]

How are we feeling about the iron lung trailer gang?

[asterdraws]

He consumes my every waking thought

[gargoyl3city]

Me and my beloved mutual @tiffanyblewss finished watching all of the saw movies and we did a character tier list

[starcollectorsilas]

while it was never intended to be a thing, i have noticed whenever i write skk interactions, regardless whether it's platonic or romantic, if they hug dazai ends up with his hands in Chuuya's hair, and i think im going to make it a thing whenever i write them

idk im just obsessed with the idea of dazai braiding chuuya's hair, and getting really good at it too probably. but he does it as a coping mechanism kind of? as a distraction. and it helps chuuya calm down or relax when something's wrong.

it got to the point where dazai would braid chuuya's hair to keep it out of the way during missions.

THEN THEY REUNITE AND THE FIRST THING DAZAI DOES IS BRAID CHUUYA'S HAIR.

[bipolar-boygirl]

As The World Falls Down

Okay, I have THOUGHTS

Once in the Underground, we get three songs sang by Bowie: Dance Magic, As The World Falls Down, and Within You, but what makes As The World Falls Down different from the other two, is that it is the only one that Jareth doesn't sing, despite being sung by Bowie.

Sure, we get Jareth mouthing along to a line or two while dancing with Sarah, but he isn't exactly performing the song like with the other two. So why does this matter (to me at least)? I propose that this song is about Jareth, at least in part. (You can also make the interpretation that maybe he is singing this song about Sarah, but, man, he is definitely projecting.)

Like, this song has a about a half minute long instrumental intro, and the lyrics do not start until the camera is trained tightly on Jareth, it pans back to Sarah for a moment, but for the majority of the first three lines (There's such a sad love | Deep in your eyes | A kind of pale jewel) it is on Jareth, and obviously this could imply Jareth is the "speaker", but given that this song is playing over the scene as opposed to being a part of the scene like the other two songs, I think it's fair to read it as a narration, at least in part. So it's Jareth who has the sad love within his eyes (which, like, maybe I'm projecting here but doesn't he look kinda sad in this scene? Despite being face to face with a clearly awestruck Sarah, which is what we're lead to believe is what he wants?)

Pan back to Sarah, Jareth disappears, and the camera follows her through the ballroom, it stays on Sarah of the majority of the next few lines, BUT it pans ever so briefly back to Jareth on "such a fooled heart" and "in search of new dreams". Now I can interpret that in many different ways (and man, I promise you that I have), but the most dominating thought to me, takes me to the end of the movie. Jareth thinks if he offers her enough, she will stay with him and love him, he's fooled himself into thinking he can keep her. Not to mention the recurring theme of dreams, hell this scene is literally happening in a dream. Is he searching for new dreams to entice her with? Has he already been heart broken at some point and in his own search of a new dream, he found her? (I mean the literal next line is "A love that will last" while the camera is trained on Sarah. In this context, the word dream absolutely has romantic connotations) Both? Neither? Something in between? Who knows.

The camera stays on Sarah for "As the pain sweeps through | Makes no sense for you | Every thrill is gone" but then we focus on Jareth for "Wasn't too much fun at all", and yeah, he's smiling and being the little shit that he is, but may I ask you, WHO is the one seeking thrills throughout this movie? Certainly not Sarah, she wants to be done with it all, she wants her brother safe and to go back home. Jareth is the one that keeps interjecting himself into Sarah's journey, wearing disguises and upping stakes and giving out magic peaches. And how do we find Jareth at the end of the film? Within You is a song of lament, he begs Sarah to stay with him in the final confrontation, and when everyone Sarah has met along her journey is partying it up in her room, Jareth is alone outside in his owl form. That's doesn't seem very fun to me.

I'll be honest this is where my analysis of the song in tandem with the scene (dare I say music video) kind of falls apart. Camera pans to Jareth for "And I'll be there for you" and "though we're strangers 'til now | We're choosing the path" and "I'll leave my love | Between the stars" Then the two are dancing together. Some lines repeat (here's where we get him mouthing along to the words/speaking to her.) And then end scene with Sarah shattering the bubble.

BUT, just because the visual analysis leaves something to be desired, does not mean that we cannot still interpret the lyrics. Notably, I want to point out the lines "We're choosing the path | Between the stars | I'll leave my love | Between the stars". Baby boy, who is we? As much of a Sarah/Jareth truther as I am, I can acknowledge that Sarah is pretty lukewarm to most of his advances throughout the film (because like, dude, you kidnapped her brother, she is not happy with you). This hearkens back to the "fooled heart" thing cause he's convinced himself that this is a mutual longing (and tbf she's pretty enamored with him in this scene, but this is the exception, not the rule for her so far, so maybe he thinks he's finally starting to get through to her? idk). This also parallels the line from Within You of "I move the stars for no one" and man is he upset when he sings that line, but we never see him to anything that could really count as "moving the stars". We see him mess with time, and spacial things, but the only time the word stars even shows up is in these two songs. Jareth has moved the stars to make room for their love, and she has rejected that love. It infuriates him.

I know this more of a train-of-thought word vomit, than a proper analysis, but this movie is so many things at once, no matter what angle you're coming at it from. There is no tidy interpretation that wraps everything up nice and neatly, and honestly that's what makes this movie so great and timeless. I've just had this idea batting around in my head all day and needed to get it out. I hope this makes any kind of sense to anyone else lol

Side note: What the fuck is up with the dude in the goblin skull mask? Jareth switches places with him at one point (bone mask disappears out of frame, and then Jareth comes into view the next second with the same two women in the same positions) and is pretty much staring directly at Sarah every time he's in frame, but like he's not Jareth cause we see them in the same frame together briefly and that dude is circling the crowd when things start spinning out of control, but notably Sarah is still dancing with Jareth. Skull mask has always stood out to me in the ballroom scene and I feel like he's important, but fuck if I know how he plays into all of this.

[brattzbride]

Me every second of watching Gladitor II btw

[justconstantly]

me watching movies everyone told me to watch because it's really good: hey how come no one told me to watch this movie before? it's really good

[lionofstone]

at the end of the day, i’m a fan of silly little action movies. that’s just how it is

[juliamccartney]

it's Worrying About My Future And The Consequences Of My Actions (Or Lack Thereof) hours again