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[mephostophilis]

they call me cultured

[mephostophilis]

on account of all the bacteria

[artofgerald]

Um

I shall also share my versions of Steve, Alex and Herobrine <3 UOGUH

[madame-mongoose]

Me when characters are so blinded by hate and anger and revenge that they destroy themselves pursuing this one goal in the process

[valtsv]

i feel like something that was missing from the "let people enjoy things" / "let people have fun" discourse was that it's also important to let yourself enjoy things and have fun. because it you were, you wouldn't be so upset that other people are. because you'd be too busy enjoying yourself and having fun.

[valtsv]

"i enjoy being a hater" do you though? or do you just enjoy being an asshole because it makes other people as miserable as you? be honest

[gertritude-art]

the only two ways i can categorize height is if i see something tall i go 'woah, big boy man' and if i see something short i go 'hah.. baby man' and idk what to blame for this. anyway wanna hear about the times ghosts have touched my ass

[adorablecake]

The Original

[heritage-post]

date of origin: February 19th, 2020

[meeowerzz]

made a crab out of paper,, life is good

[meeowerzz]

u too can make a crab out of paper,, love u

[bepisbee]

@initforthecache

[btfreek]

[nojillnolife]

[suddenlysomewherethatsgreen]

Look at this! Look at this fucking thing! This was done in 1986, and used absolutely no CGI whatsoever. It was ALL practical, and ALL done through puppetry. Look at the last gif. Over a dozen vines are moving at once along with its head, lips, and tongue! In interviews Rick Moranis has stated he often forgot he was working with a puppet, as opposed to a really ugly guy. Even today it looks so real. Audrey ii is nothing short of miraculous

[diamogeddon-likes]

IM SORRY WHAT

[imtoobiforyou]

WHAT

[midnightsylph1]

It took over 60 puppeteers to operate Audrey II’s final form in the film. You can read more about the puppet’s creation and operation here.

[inthenameofpeacewemakewar-deact]

The practical effects of Little Shop of Horrors was fucking astounding.  It’s worth it to mention that, in the scenes where the plant is moving, the filming was slowed to 12 to 16 frames a second, so that the film could be sped up to give the Audrey II a more lifelike appearance.  In such scenes where actors like Rick Moranis had to speak with the plant, he had to mouth his lines at a slower-than-normal speed while still looking convincing, only to have his voice added in post. 

It’s also worth mentioning that a crew of 60+ puppeteers were needed to operate the plant, as the entire puppet weighed over a ton. 

[countesspetofi]

It’s no coincidence that the movie was directed by Frank Oz, whom Jim Henson called the best puppeteer in the world.

[finchwingart]

fsh

[c-rowlesdraws]

every time…

[wiiwarechronicles]

Why does elemental look like that.

[wiiwarechronicles]

You’d THINK that if Pixar wanted a movie based around creatures made of non solid materials they’d work to make the lighting on them look appealing. Or to at least make the characters look appealing. God this movie looks like it’s going to be awful and I for one cannot wait to hear people complain about it online

[bastionkeeper]

The teenager at my job is so funny, she jokingly asked how my break was after I came back from the bathroom and after I said "can't a bitch change their pad in peace?" She said "a real nine to fiver would get a hysterectomy." There was no hesitation, no gap between what I said and what she said

[ilikeit-art]

[m-eowdy]

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

wheres that tweet like "between a kick in the head and free ice cream Florida would vote 50.1 and 49.9"?

[mayorofnowhere]

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

not quite the one I was looking for but close enough!

[nopenopenopenopeitynope]

is this the original you were looking for though?

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

yes!

[nancybongwater-deactivated20230]

[tootboi]

[swordy-da-goat]

#artists

[swordy-da-goat]

Edited for all my writer friends out there

[theskeletonprior]

There is something so beautiful about reaching out to the monstrous with intent to touch it gently. To risk the sharp teeth and the lethal claws, to defy fear and revulsion, and choose to be delicate with something that can be, and often is, incredibly brutal.

[theskeletonprior]

I would be SO GENTLE with those tigers before they mauled me completely to death.

[princesssarisa]

I’m tired of hearing people say “Disney’s Cinderella is sanitized. In the original tale, the stepsisters cut off parts of their feet to make the slipper fit and get their eyes pecked out by birds in the end.”

I understand this mistake. I’m sure a lot of people buy copies of the complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales, see their tale of Aschenputtel translated as “Cinderella”, and assume what they’re reading is the “original” version of the tale. Or else they see Into the Woods and make the same assumption, because Sondheim and Lapine chose to base their Cinderella plot line on the Grimms’ Aschenputtel instead of on the more familiar version. It’s an understandable mistake. But I’m still tired of seeing it.

The Brothers Grimm didn’t originate the story of Cinderella. Their version, where there is no fairy godmother, the heroine gets her elegant clothes from a tree on her mother’s grave, and where yes, the stepsisters do cut off parts of their feet and get their eyes pecked out in the end, is not the “original.” Nor did Disney create the familiar version with the fairy godmother, the pumpkin coach, and the lack of any foot-cutting or eye-pecking.

If you really want the “original” version of the story, you’d have to go back to the 1st century Greco-Egyptian legend of Rhodopis. That tale is just this: “A Greek courtesan is bathing one day, when an eagle snatches up her sandal and carries it to the Pharaoh of Egypt. The Pharaoh searches for the owner of the sandal, finds her and makes her his queen.”

Or, if you want the first version of the entire plot, with a stepdaughter reduced to servitude by her stepmother, a special event that she’s forbidden to attend, fine clothes and shoes given to her by magic so she can attend, and her royal future husband finding her shoe after she loses it while running away, then it’s the Chinese tale of Ye Xian you’re looking for. In that version, she gets her clothes from the bones of a fish that was her only friend until her stepmother caught it and ate it.

But if you want the Cinderella story that Disney’s film was directly based on, then the version you want is the version by the French author Charles Perrault. His Cendrillon is the Cinderella story that became the best known in the Western world. His version features the fairy godmother, the pumpkin turned into a coach, mice into horses, etc, and no blood or grisly punishments for anyone. It was published in 1697. The Brothers Grimm’s Aschenputtel, with the tree on the grave, the foot-cutting, etc. was first published in 1812.

The Grimms’ grisly-edged version might feel older and more primitive while Perrault’s pretty version feels like a sanitized retelling, but such isn’t the case. They’re just two different countries’ variations on the tale, French and German, and Perrault’s is older. Nor is the Disney film sanitized. It’s based on Perrault.