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What they don’t show you in ‘The Incredibles’

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<b>Unreal</b>

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You know, one thing i like about Mulan is how Yao, Ling and Chien Po don’t really seem to care about the fact that Mulan is a girl.

I mean, when they find out, they are visibly perplexed

But even so, they rush and try to help her when she’s about to get killed

After this, they all seem quite depressed about having to leave her behind (and when Shang ignores her)

And when she shows up and takes action, they gladly follow her lead

And they even rock some crossdressing, like she did

(btw they just missed a great opportunity to make Shang crossdress here, shame on you movie)

Honestly, i just think this needs more appreciation. Because to them, Mulan didn’t have to prove herself again, just because she is a girl. She already earned their friendship and respect when she was ‘Ping’, and that was enough.

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So I went to an art conference at my school. We discussed things there, like how colors can be very powerful and our subconscious picks up the subtlest of hints. Pixar’s UP was a very unforgettable example. The colors of UP had a lot to do with why we cried. You all know what I’m talking about, right??

Ellie’s death.

We were told that her color was pink. That’s why her hospital room had pinkish hue.

And the next scene had strong pink hues. He misses her. I think it’s got strong colors because of her personality.

Also, It’s like her presence is still lingering.

When he got home, only a small part of the frame (window on the right) has a pink hue as the sun is setting. By now, we know her presence is drifting away.

Mr. Fredricksen walks up the porch and goes into his house.

And when he shuts the door, the final frame looks like this:

Ellie is gone.

The entire frame is desaturated and cold because the warmth in Mr. Fredrickson’s life is gone.

And that’s another reason why this masterpiece is heart-wrenching. And that’s how powerful colors are in films.

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By ArtCrawl

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not all who mcfreakin wander are mcfreakin lost

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“A Centaur in Disguise” by Michelle Tolo

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THIS IS TOO MUCH WHOLESOME IN A TINY BODY

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new meme

this is Bad Post Pikachu

if you see a bad post, post Bad Post Pikachu to warn everyone else

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On Death and Dramatic Declarations: The Star Wars Trope I Hope the Writers Keep Far Away from Reylo

Unpopular opinion:

I hate mid-fight kisses and just-before-death declarations of love.

I love it when characters kiss each other in the tense, quiet moments between battles, when the dust has settled and they feel secure but they don’t know how long the peace will last. I don’t want to hear them make promises if they’re not sure whether they’ll have to keep them. It comes off as cheap to me. Anyone can say anything if they’ll never be held to it. I’d rather them refuse to say they love the other person to spare that person more pain if they die and know the truth in my heart than see them take the selfish, easy route.

It’s like tossing a coin in the air and saying: heads, I’ll love you for the rest of our lives, tails, I’ll love you for a few minutes.

This trope has never struck me as romantic. There’s no true commitment. It’s like gambling with the other person’s heart.

But Star Wars loves to use this trope. The only reason I tolerated it with Han and Leia was because they had their first kiss in the quiet moment before all hell broke loose. And they talked about Leia’s fear that Han is going to leave the first time he has the chance on Bespin. So when Leia made her last-ditch declaration, Han got it. He understood and he already knew. He didn’t actually need to hear her say the words and he actively chose not to return them. He just reassured her that he knew.

With Anidala, I felt the same trope was executed (pun intended) terribly. In the quiet moments by the lake and the fire, Padme turns Anakin away. When the choice is present and she has the opportunity to weigh her decisions, she says no. She chooses to honor other things that are important to her. But when there’s an imminent threat, when she knows they’re both going to be executed, she tells him she loves him because there’s no consequences… they don’t have to deal with the Jedi or the Senate anymore. Except that’s not reality, and it plagues the rest of their relationship when they don’t die as planned.

While I personally dislike this trope, I understand why some people see value in it: mid-fight declarations of love build suspense, force otherwise internal characters to make an external declaration, and make battles high-stakes. For some reason, perhaps the “reverse Anakin” theme that gets applied to Kylo and the fact that so much of the dynamic between Rey and Kylo is hidden under the surface, a lot of people love this trope specifically for Reylo.

But why would you use this trope when you have the theme of two characters who are searching for and finding their belonging in each other? The whole point is not to make superficial promises to a person that has only known loneliness their entire life. Rey in particular would see through this in a heartbeat: words don’t mean anything to her anymore. She’s spent most of her life waiting for the fulfillment of a promise. When I think of a Reylo kiss, I think of something really intimate and private. I think they are extremely unlikely to make any kind of public declaration or openly show physical affection at all in these films, even in IX. I am fairly certain if we get a declaration at all, it will between the two of them and no one else.

In short, when it comes to Reylo, I prefer this:

To this: