ᴀ sᴛᴇᴀᴅғᴀsᴛ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ.

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solivagant

(noun) Defined as one who wonders alone, a solivagant is usually an extremely independent person, typically a loner, who has a need for freedom, adventure and transition. A solivagant loves, treasures, and preserves their solitude.

etymology: Latin, solivagus = wandering alone (from soli- + vagus wandering) + English -ant 

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BEHIND THE MUSE – REPOST PLEASE.

TAGGED BY: no one #thuglyf

name:  albert star sign:  scorpio gender:  male height:  5′10′’  ---- and a half ! sexual orientation: vague hand gestures? i mean, i do play a disney princess. favorite color:  purple ! time right now: 9:41 pm current location: the study room average hours of sleep:  7 -- 8 or 9 on the weekends ! i could sleep forever tbh number of blankets I sleep under:  three favorite fictional characters:  harry james potter, sansa stark, cosette fauchelevent, hermione granger, arya stark, allison argent, cinderella, snow white, briar rose, princess anna.. i could go on for days. favorite book(s): right now it’s the goldfinch by donna tartt favorite artists/bands: the killers all the way -- but lately i’ve been crying a lot about adele what I’m wearing: university of arizona hoodie over my pj’s and fuzzy socks #fashion when did you create your blog?:  uhm -- friday, january 15th 2016 :) do you have any other blogs?:  sort of? i’m not active tbh what made you decide to get a Tumblr?:  idk in what moment of my life i agreed of being a part of this hell hole. do you get asks on a daily basis?: nope why did you choose your URL?: la belle au bois dormant. the original title for sleeping beauty.

TAGGING : @fragiliis @adellaenchanted @veinsofcinder @brookesmxrt + everyone who wants to do it ?

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   ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶  ̶ ̶ ̶   behold - king stefan’s castle. and in yonder topmost tower, dreaming of her true love, the princess aurora. but see the gracious whim of fate - why, ‘tis the self-same peasant maid, who won the heart of our noble prince but yesterday. she is indeed, most wondrous fair. gold of sunshine in her hair, lips that shame the red red rose. in ageless sleep, she finds repose. the years roll by, but a hundred years to a steadfast heart, are but a day.

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let us discuss : the ‘ aurora has no personality. ’ debacle

     and by discuss, i mean show you you are wrong. okay yes, she does have only eighteen minutes of screentime, and you do have to focus and analyze even the tiniest of details to find what i found.

         the first time we see her, she is briar rose. a simple, orphaned peasant maid doing chores humming to herself, as she makes her way downstairs she overhears her aunts ‘ how are we going to get her out of the house ‘ and that is when her smile appears. she knows it is her birthday, she is shown to be playful when knowingly putting them on the spot ‘ well. what are you three dears up to ?’ she subtly smiles when they cannot respond,

          then they send her out to pick berries. ‘ but i picked berries yesterday! ‘ plus her facial expressions show us that she is suspicious, yet she plays along because she knows her aunts just want to do something nice for her.

          wondering and hopeful.  i wonder, yes it is technically a song about love, but it is also subtly hopeful. she sings “will my song” rather than “would my song” : she’s not questioning the reciprocal nature of love as something imaginary, but as an actual possibility.

          rebellious. what? sleeping beauty? rebellious? no! yes, you heard me right. she’s not likely to be the leader of a revolution -- but when shown with her animal friends, she narrates to them her wildest dreams ! meeting her prince -- yes, her prince. she is a lonely teenage girl. 

       Why, Aunt Flora and Fauna and Merryweather. They never want me to meet anyone. But you know something? I fooled them. I have met someone! 

            yes, it was only a dream you say but she does want for it to come true, although she knows it’s against the rules her aunts’ have established.

Yes, it’s only in my dreams. but they say if you dream a thing more than once, It’s sure to come true. and I’ve seen him so many times! 

           & this is when her charming, furry prince appears, and she is shown to be playful again, as she sings once upon a dream a romantic song about meeting someone which is against the rules. and dances along. she is shown to be a dreamer, ( no pun intended ) again when she gets so carried away into her fantasies that she does not notice that her animal friends can no longer keep up. she’s not aware that an actual stranger is dancing with her until he sings. 

            briar rose has dreamed of this, a tall and handsome gentleman to find her, and to fall in love with her. she wanted it to come true. yet, she is scared, and shy, and she  tries to run away. .as the stranger persists on his pursue, she gives in and she dances with him --- it’s not the same longing, spirited dance she had been dancing with her friends, pretending it was her dream prince. however, now that her potential dream prince is right infront of her, her dance  is more formal. less intimate. this leads us to believe that briar rose, in her fantasies, is an extrovert when in reality she’s more of an introvert. 

            how she reacts to the news of being a princess is another point scrutinized by the haters, i’d like you to think about how she was raised. by three simple ‘peasant’women, and wondering briar rose probably asked where they came from, where she had come from. i assume her aunts  told her she was an orphan. so not only did she find out her parents are alive, but that they’re the king and queen, which makes her a princess, the only heir. and as such  the life ahead of her and every aspect of it has been planned. depriving her of the freedom of choice. yes, she gets to wear pretty gowns, and live in a castle. but at what cost? no longer would she be able to choose her path, to dance barefoot in the forest. she would’ve still reacted badly if she had not met the stranger in the forest that day. but of course it adds to it. reminder that phillip is the first non!aunt person she ever interacted with, let alone the obvious romantic connection. she has had her fairytale ripped away, ( or so she thinks. ) and that is why she is shown sobbing. still, she accepts her duty, and goes to the castle. 

          about the curse, i’ve seen fans and not fans of aurora argue that she was completely in her right mind when she touched that spindle, because we weren’t told otherwise. but i believe we did, when maleficent’s will-o-wisp appears, aurora is shown to follow. her posture stiff, her expression uncharacteristically blank. as if in a trance, when she is about to touch the spindle her aunts’ echos reach her, and she withdraws her hand. yet as maleficent says ‘touch the spindle, touch it i say!’ she does. and so, she sleeps. claims of willingly doing so are completely ‘???’. aurora was a victim. no matter how long, or  how little she slept. she was put in magical sleep against her will. without her consent. ( p.s. personally, i don’t believe that maleficent, the mistress of all evil would just let her peacefully sleep. but with merryweather’s intervention who knows what she dreamed of. ) and then, she wakes up. to find that her betrothed, prince phillip is the stranger she met at the forest. and she is happy. she is also shown happy to meet her parents, who she thought were dead. and so she lived happily ever after. 

           or did she? i  like to believe she did. but of course, being a princess takes training. and even a “peasant maid” as graceful as briar rose would need extensive hours of lessons, whether it is etiquette or history. she is to take the reigns of her kingdom, along with king hubert’s alongside phillip. i do think she would sorely miss being one with the woods, the freedom of it, and the peace. i believe that it takes her a little time at first to realize that when they say “aurora” they are talking to her. it is like a stranger’s name. i believe when you get close to her, close enough to be considered a friend -- she’d ask you to call her rose. because that is the name she grew up with.

          and well, that is all i have for you today. hopefully, you’ll thinnk about it. and if you wanna hmu about my tiny child briar rose, go ahead.

huge thank you to alan, whose work greatly inspired mine.

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Gorgeous sceneries of Sleeping Beauty - Appreciation post

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 ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶  oh my, there are so many of you here already. i’m gonna need to post a starter call soon  my inner history nerd is devouring all of the info of the 14th century, so, while i do my reading, and my icons  ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶  come chat with me ? also fun fact : did you know that the song played when phillip and aurora walk down the staircase at the end of sleeping beauty used to be the old french monarchy’s anthem ? i love little deets like that.

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   ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶  ̶ ̶ ̶   behold - king stefan's castle. and in yonder topmost tower, dreaming of her true love, the orincess aurora. but see the gracious whim of fate - why, 'tis the self-same peasant maid, who won the heart of our noble prince but yesterday. she is indeed, most wondrous fair. gold of sunshine in her hair, lips that shame the red red rose. in ageless sleep, she finds repose. the years roll by, but a hundred years to a steadfast heart, are but a day.

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They never want me to meet anyone. But you know something? I fooled them. I have met someone…