#untwister

[chocobje]

when y

[draconym]

This took almost the entire skein of yarn

[linktoo]

marcille weaves her staff back into shape hoping it will accept them... its like watching someone fix a copper wire for conducting electricity

my friend also said using the term "accept" kind of sounds like an organ transplant

[lichqueenlibrarian]

Something really funny about Thea’s plan hinging on this reality’s Spock and Kirk being Weird About Each Other only for her to be disappointed when Spock and Kirk are Weird for each other.

[angelwishess]

Jalena shippers r so funny like wdym u ship Ursula’s bubble and Jafar

[hathousehappenings]

89. Untwist of Fate.

I've been waiting an embarrassing long time to do this episode. ^^; I think I need to explain...

To ME, this episode is clearly an homage to The Wizard of Oz. There's a twister, a guy who needed to be convinced to help because he's cowardly, someone who is trying to get the heart of his character, a man behind a curtain... I'm gonna put all my thoughts below a cut at the bottom of this post because there's a lot!

When I had finished the sketch for this one I showed it to a couple people to see if it was too weird an idea for me to complete. They looked like I was insane that I would even ask them. ((It was then that I realized that the people I live with are no fun and just don't get me...))

I also decided to do a bonus picture of Queenie as Glinda just cause. I wanted to let her dress up too.

OKAY, and now here are the thoughts of a crazy person...

It's been obvious to me that from my first watch of this episode this all based off Wizard of Oz (the movie, not the book).

For instance, Hare is the Wizard because he’s trying to run the show, Alice is obviously Dorothy because she gets swept up in the twister, Dum is the Cowardly Lion because he was cowardly about helping test out cures for Alice, Rabbit is the Tinman because he’s trying to figure out his motivation (aka: get to the heart) of his character in the play and Queen is Glinda because she floats in at the very end and solves everything easily.

But, as I started thinking about it, more connections made themselves aware to me. And then I watched the episode!

First off, when we get to Wonderland there’s a little tune that plays as Hare’s back is to us in the director’s chair. That tune is very reminiscent of a tune in Oz called “Optimistic Voices”. It’s the song we hear as Dorothy and her friends come out of the poppy field and make way to the gates of the Emerald City. I actually caught that on my first watch through, so that wasn’t new to me. Rabbit is trying to figure out his motivation (aka: get to the heart of his character, Tinman) and Alice is just kinda there sitting around daydreaming.

Then Hare talks about how great their acting is and I start to realize something else: there are a ton of red props in this episode. I’ll brake it down as we go, but in this scene alone there’s Hare’s beret and bandana he used to mop his face, the ladder he climbs all over (I want to be that ladder) and the flowers that are thrown to them at the end of the song. This song is about Hare telling them what good actors they are and how they need to keep doing it, keep the act up. That sentiment feels very Wizard to me.

Next scene is “Throwing up Riddles”. More red props here: Hatter’s grill spatula and the writing on his apron and the plates are all a variant of red or its secondary color (red, pink or purple). They also talk about hogs/pigs a lot, which is what freaks Dorothy out in the beginning of the movie (she falls in the hog pen). Hatter is being silly and yet somehow smart with all these riddles, but he’s still acting like an idiot. Wisdom even though his head is empty? Sounds like Scarecrow! Then they get the news about the twister and run around like idiots.

Alice gets sucked up into the twister in the next scene. Obviously the twister is from Oz, but the first noises we hear while in the cyclone are chicken noises and that’s the same as in the film. You could argue that the Cheshire cat is supposed to be Toto in that he’s an animal who doesn’t contribute a whole hell of a lot to the story. I dunno. There are a ton of red items in the twister, though. A red velvet cake, red chicken, red candles, a red toad… Just because, I dunno.

Finding Alice after the twister only has the trash bucket and the chattering red teeth as the red props. All the men gather around to help the little girl character, which you could argue is like Oz. But that’s kinda low hanging fruit.

The “Interest of Science” scene is, well… interesting. We don’t have many red props here (a red velvet cake on the table and the satellite dish that Dee puts on Dum’s head) but we have some lyrics in the song that apply. Dee says “you might nearly be a hero, if you merely wouldn’t fear it” (!!!!) and the line about feeding him “to the lion”. Also, Hatter dropping random words of wisdom is odd. Like, he’s actually smart but just acts stupid. More connections to him and the Scarecrow.

Caterpillar’s story time does nothing to help my argument. There are no red props and his story is lame, kinda as per the usual. However, Caterpillar also doesn’t help them because he didn’t understand what they were asking for help about. So did it negate this scene? You decide.

This is the final Wonderland scene. We have three new red props: the red stripe on Hatter’s popcorn bucket (eeeeh?), the red curtain on the stage and Rabbit’s whole Bunny-o costume is red. Hatter is being brainless (as he does), Rabbit is still trying to find the heart of his character and Hare is still trying to keep the act up. He actually becomes the “man behind the curtain” after the how starts! And he keeps peeping out to watch everything.

Queen floats in like I don’t even know what. She’s been gone the bulk of the episode, other than to ask where Alice was during the twister. She also pulls the whole “you had the power all along" crap that Glinda pulls in the movie.

Rabbit is in red (ruby slippers) and Alice is in yellow (yellow brick road)!

The Red Queen and Alice skip through the forest in the very end, which I think is fitting because of the red and yellow symbolism.

After EVERYTHING I think the parallels are undeniable. They made some very conscious decisions about this episode to link it to Oz. I feel clever for having “figured it out”, but I might also just be letting my pride get to my head. I wouldn’t be surprised.

Anyway, any thoughts on this? Am I just late to the party and all this was supposed to be obvious?

[bakingcakeroll]

*There’s a suspicious knock on the door… but it’s just your friendly neighborhood Flip*

Flip (C R E P E): Hey Cosmo! Nice morning we have here, eh? The temperature’s real nice this fall, and I was wondering if you would like to make some crepes with me?

" Oh! Nice morning, yeah! Hold on, let me put my apron back on and we can make them. " [ 🍰 ] ~ Cosmo says, happily.. It doesn't look like he's gonna make it out to cook crepes, though.

[es-3]

did i love the pjo tv show? yes

do i think that they completely left out what made me fall in love with the books in the first place? also yes

[eepy-pleepy]

Not my cynical ass thinking this is all a calculated PR stunt

[a-froger-epic]

I log on for the first time in weeks, and someone's busy reblogging almost a hundred posts from *this very blog* but also crying in a reblog that RPF is the devil!

Mate.

[bammythechaotic]

TW Implied child death

Sooo I have though about a AU im calling th Untwisted AU where The toons are the bad guys taking disguise as the heroes while the twisted are the true heroes trying to stop the toons

Dandy's design will be changed to be more inspired to look more William Afton because i keep calling him Dandifer Afton

I dont know how gameplay would go besides The Twisted having to save kids and stay away from ichor machines and the kids haveing 3 hears before the lost the kid Art under the cut

[vandalizedheart]

i do see nikki very easily developing crushes on other sonics. mainly because i feel like it adds a fun contrast between the typical "evil sonic" rivals, (metal/shadow/scourge/surge/etc.) who typically do not like sonic and even want him dead.

granted nikki isn't really an "evil" sonic LMAO, i'd label her more as a fallen hero. but still, she looks at sonic and sees everything she's failed to become. a well-rounded hero, the best friend and older sibling figure that everyone deserves, a good person, someone who's worth being alive.

and she's drawn to that. she wants to protect sonic and care for them. she wants to be a shoulder for them to cry on, and someone they can lend an ear to. she wants to serve as a warning so they don't end up like her one day.

basically, she has a hard time loving herself, so she loves other versions of herself instead.

[mariocki]

Shadows of Fear: Repent at Leisure (1.5, Thames, 1971)

"Poor Robert. Do you remember what the doctor said? He'd never seen such an advanced cirrhosis in someone so young. He had a liver like a Strasbourg goose."

"Occupational hazard."

"How'd you think that made me feel? It isn't very flattering for a wife to play second fiddle to a wine list."

"I'm sure it was no reflection on you."

"All the same. I hardly changed the pattern of his life, did I?"

"No... but you're asking Harry to make fantastic adjustments. From galley to, uh, captain's table."

"You're a terrible snob, Peter."

"Oh, I am. So are you, my pet. That's what frightens me."

[goodlucktai]

when u lay in a weird position that’s super comfortable short term but then 2 of your cats come lay on u and trap u there

[lesbian-space-fish]

First time rooting yarn locs i think it’s going great

[braceletstea]

I've done like three different warps in the past five days because the inkle loom is so much faster and easier to set up than the rigid heddle

granted the twist buildup is still a nightmare and I don't have a good way to deal with it yet but whatever, one step at a time