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derinthescarletpescatarian

Real sound! No stupid music! You can hear it say moo!

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A few months before he passed away in 2003, a 74 year old children’s television host sat down in the same studio where he had filmed 895 episodes over 33 years and recorded one last message. It wasn’t for children. It was for the adults who had grown up watching him.

Fred Rogers hosted Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on American public television from 1968 to 2001. For over three decades he walked into the same set, changed into a cardigan and sneakers, looked directly into the camera, and spoke to children as if each one of them was the only person in the room. He never raised his voice, never talked down to his audience, and never rushed a single moment.

In that final recording, he looked into the camera one last time and said “I’m just so proud of all of you who have grown up with us. And I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger. I like you just the way you are.”

He passed away from stomach cancer on February 27, 2003. He was 74.

finelytaylored

“can’t believe you treat your gf like this Hollander 😔” has me crying lmao please someone write this

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roseillith

CHOCOLATE BABIES (1996) dir. STEPHEN WINTER

dizzymoods

Stephen Winter put the full movie on his vimeo (for free ) ages ago

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John Calmette and Eric Radomski background paintings for Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995)

reagan-slayer69

“but what if you abort the baby who’ll cure cancer?!” sir the baby who will cure cancer is an organic chemistry major who works at a Home Depot because you use AI to go through your resumes

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"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." - Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

believeripley13

Normally Shane doesn't meet Ilya's eyes during their face-offs.

But in the last one he not only catches his eye but he *smiles* and Ilya fucking *melts*.

Ilya knows by this point eye contact does not come naturally to Shane so seeing him actively seek it out and seem so comfortable and relaxed probably made Ilya feel all warm and fuzzy.

elierlick

Now THIS is art. 😍

lady-sanctum

“When I first saw the original painting, I began to do some research on that little boy. I could find everything I wanted about every other detail in the painting, but there was nothing about him. No history. And so I wanted to find a way to imagine a life for this young man that the historical painting had never made space for in the composition: his desires, dreams, family, thoughts, hopes. Those things were never subjects that the original artist wanted the viewer to contemplate. In order to reframe the discussion, I decided to physically take action to quiet [and crumple] the side of the painting that we’ve been talking about for a very long time and turn up the volume on this kid’s story. And that’s the reason why I started that painting.” Via Artnet News 2019/03/27

dalooch

bringing back Naruto Band AU I think…

wreegis

finally, a team 7 to complete the set!

cinemamind

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein pages

ginnywings

when steven universe was airing, i was quite a fan, although i never participated much in the fandom. i made this stevonnie fanart in 2020. you can tell i have a weakness for musical series lol

fencecollapsed

the way Steven Universe sticks hard to its Steven-only perspective can be frustrating, and I get why it's criticized, but the more I think about it the more that frustration feels intentional. the point of the show being structured that way IS to emphasize the frustration of a limited perspective where information is omitted until someone decides to tell you, or you personally seek it out.

so much of Steven Universe is about a child discovering firsthand that his guardians are complicated and flawed, and make huge mistakes and keep bombshell secrets, and having to deal with the fallout. sticking to Steven's perspective is vital to the impact of those events. we as the audience are meant to learn details as Steven learns them, to experience the drama and earth-shattering revelations through his eyes, because that's the point. it's not just about these things happening, it's about them happening specifically through the eyes of a child, and what that means for his relationships with the people involved. because children have limited perspective, and get lied to all the time. growing up often involves learning about major things in your life that were going on under your nose the whole time, that you didn't know about until someone decided to tell you. and it's frustrating! Steven's frustrated by his limited perspective too! it's not a meaningless oversight that the show is structured that way, it's part of the point. it's thematically relevant