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this was one of the first serious defenses of Beauty and the Beast during the now infamous pop feminist craze of the late '00s to mid '10s. It was such a breath of fresh air at the time, and I'd argue is still the best of its kind.
I am so glad the nuance is coming back to the conversation about our childhood favorites, and I hope it continues to get better.
I want to take a few minutes to unpack a common criticism of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, namely that it glorifies abusive relationships, telling impressionable young girls that it’s okay if their boyfriends shout at them and get physically violent, because they can “fix them with their love.” While it’s easy to look at the movie’s reputation in pop culture and make that assessment based on the broad strokes, if you look a little closer you’ll see that this conclusion is complete hogwash. Let me explain why.
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Yeah, i think I saw it and forgot to say it, thanks for bringing it up though. It makes me wonder what else ive forgot to bring up.
I have nothing to add here, but I'm sharing because it's funny and I want to remember it. XD
"The curse of the Pharaoh" trope is born from modern Egyptology and not part of ancient Egyptian beliefs, but I think the Pharaohs would really dig it.
"Fuck yeah I'm gonna curse whoever disturbs my afterlife! How fucking dare they?!"
This all has been on my mind for a while. Animals are fun to personify, but the moment you forget to that it's all for show is the moment you start make an ethical justification for poaching
"dolphins are completely evil" I actually don't think we should assign human morality to animals with no concept of law or civilisation with an intelligence roughly equating to that of a toddler
Once again, Lllliiiiliannn… the reason why we call it incest is because you insist that sibling enmeshment can be healthy, and positive, when anyone with any brand of search engine can learn that that is a lie. Why lie about a word's definition, Lily? Why try to tell people a relationship with no clear boundaries can work, Lily?
Lily won't stop doing weird incest art.
It's amazing to me how many people still need to learn this shit XD
Had an idea today that I don't think I'll ever make it might be a fun occasion series.You know that youtube channel 'How it Should of Ended'? Web animated parodies that about exactly what it says on the tin? My idea is sort of the opposite of that. Movie parodies that deliberately respond to often critiqued or parodied movie scenes, plot points, or plot holes, showing how the story would be actually worse if they did exactly what we said they should have done.
For example, Glynda just tells Dorothy that the shoes can take her home the moment she gets them. She never actually learns that "there's no place like home" and then lives the rest of her life regretting coming back, wanting to return this fantastic world she didn't get to see, and ends up in a psychward after attempting to run into the next tornado to hit her farm.
Indiana Jones doesn't actually have to retrieve the Ark of the Covenant because it kills the Nazis after they try to use it? Alright, let's see the movie where he just sits around waiting for that to happen, then it does, and he brings it back to America without any issue. Marion's dead because they killed her for the medallion, but who cares? I got the magic god box.That sounds like a way better movie, right?
The fellowship takes the eagles to mordor. Not even a third of the way there, the ring corrupts the eagles, and they successfully destroy all the kingdoms. Because they're gods that we all mistook for a taxi service.
Give me enough time, I bet I could come up with a reason why fixing the ending of Grease would be actually way worse.
Moments like this reminds me of what an influence Calvin and Hobbes was to me.
Fyi, naming characters is my biggest struggle, so when I see "Tracer Bullet" I get insanely jealous.