#visual themes

[baambastic]

Spoilers ahead for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

I can’t stop thinking about The Last Wish (go see it if you haven’t, seriously, it’s incredible) and I wanted to talk about a moment that I think carries a lot of meaning even though it’s easy to gloss over.

I want to talk about the moments before and after Puss draws his gatito blade against El Lobo del Muerte.

During Puss’s climactic duel with Death, the Wolf slashes Puss’s boot, bats away his hat, and knocks his sword out of his hand. The Wolf is destroying the symbols of the legend of Puss in Boots, stripping Puss’s mortality bare.

But Puss is no longer defenseless before Death. He has spent the movie’s runtime building bonds with other characters, finally letting others into his life, no longer walking alone as his legend demanded. His gatito blade, given to him by Kitty Softpaws, represents this development. Puss has cast aside his legend through learning the value of his life, and in doing so, he can stand against and block Death’s blows.

Ironically, Death’s attempts to take Puss early are the very catalyst for Puss’s success in redefining himself, symbolized by Death’s blocked blow allowing Puss to reclaim his symbols—his hat and sword—with their meaning now changed by the accompaniment of the gatito blade. The unstoppable weight of Death’s scythe has quite literally pushed Puss towards a new life.

The Last Wish is packed with moments of visual symbolism, but this one in particular is the standout to me, both because and in spite of its brevity.

[trjmadita]

⠷ ♪ ☾ 2OO5 🌸 ♡̩͙ᩙㅤ *:·.

愚蠢的洋娃娃 ~ ~ ☁️

[hadaura]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𓏶ㅤ 🐑ू ㅤ ྀ♥︎̼ ㅤ ͟❀ ͟ຼ͟ ͟ ͟ㅤ ♫

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ 🩹 ⎯⎯ ᛌ❤︎̩͙ ҈ིꨩ 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮. ᬀ⃨݃

[canibalazito]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ꒰͡ ི ༏  ྀ͡꒱  𓉸ㅤㅤ ⚔️ㅤㅤ𝔅𝔦𝗈𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖿𝗂́𝖺𝗌

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ❘❙❚ 🌴 𝐑𝐆ㅤㅤ⓺⠀ㅤ 𝟮𝟬ㅤㅤ♥ㅤ 𓄡ㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ꧀ 🧛🏻‍♀️ㅤㅤ𓊆ㅤ@ 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒ㅤ𓊇 ㅤ ⃝⚰️

ㅤㅤㅤ 𓉢 ⠀ 🧟‍♂️ㅤ ﷼⠀ @ 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗢 ⠀︪𝅽︨︨🤙🏻

ㅤㅤㅤ ⠀꯭꯭︨ﷰ꯭꯭꯭︨︨︨ ㅤ ⎯⎯ ㅤ 👅ㅤ 𝗔𝗞⠀⠀𓆃⠀ 🐅

♡ : 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝗅os créditos le pertenecen a @𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗂𝖻𝖺𝗅𝗋𝗂𝖻𝖻𝗈𝗇.

♡ : 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗼 hacer pasar como suyo/copiar.

♡ : Son de 𝗎𝗌𝗈 completamente 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲.ㅤ✿❀

[floriseu]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀▒ུ 👼🏻 Glory From Above ♥︎ ⡣⠞

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Regard my Dear. 日  ☁️•̩̩͙*˚

[dykealloy]

[qkmlh]

I’m a simple soul

I see a hot blooded trauma fueled man with an ego and daddy issues become an unwilling single mother who then steps up after multiple trials and errors to grow into a proper parent that fights tooth and nail for his daughter AND face said daddy issues head on for the betterment of his child thus reconciling and healing his own relationship with his father and bringing an enthusiastic grandpa into the mix

and I crumble

[fre-sitas]

⠀ᡣ ͜✿͒͜ 𐭩 ⎯⎯ ᛌ❤︎̩͙ ҈ིꨩ ܢ✉️̼

[hotrodmccoolgal]

Can you feel the light shine? You know this song's yours and mine Ain't it good to know you got a place to go Where the melody's fine

[gayaest]

He’s just a little puppy dog! 🍔🐶📝 woof woof arf [humanized him in the left image]

[woyibelli]

︎⠀ ⎯🗡⠀⠀🪟🗣️⠀⠀━╋ ⠀⠀ׂ ׂׂ ׂ𝗂𝗇 𝖳𝗁𝖾

⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀百合⠀⠀𝖧𝟦𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗀𝗈𝖽⠀⠀👼🏻 ⁺⠀ .｡₀:*ﾟ✲

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[somnimagus]

My page for @kairizine. It was such a huge honor to be part of this wonderful book with everyone, I had so much fun!

[id in alt!]

[trjmadita]

bambi eyes . . ྀིྀི ♩ ✿

[hadaura]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ⠀᭮⠀ ͟🀢͟ ͟ ͟ ㅤ ⸻ 🧾 𓈒⠀𓈒 ᬀ⃨݃

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝐟͟𝐥͟𝐨͟𝐫͟ ㅤ ㅤ🗡̢̙̺̅️̼͎̞̅ ㅤ𝖽𝖾 ㅤ𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑜ㅤ ━─⠀ ❤︎

[sout999]

My Masters short film, "Beast King and Queen" is finally live, please give it a watch.

twt / store

[zeros-stimblog]

Quincy Martin stimboard with church and cross stims !

I made all of the stims aside from the top row, please credit if you use them!

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