Fear and Loathing in the Mouse House

One man's seven month journey into the most magical place on earth

[lookitsaboat]

“We find it delightfully unlivable here in this ghostly retreat” #hauntedmansion #spookyspooky #mansionflow #diamondcelebration💎 #SoaringBat (at Disneyland)

[donaldatdisney]

IM AT DISNEYLAND!!!!!

[lookitsaboat]

One little spark of inspiration is at the heart of all creation, right at the start of everything that’s new, one little spark lights up for you. #disneyworld #epcot #imaginationpavilion (at Epcot - Walt Disney World)

[lookitsaboat]

We survived July 4th efficiency. We may have gone mad in the process, but what’s a little madness amongst the tombstones #teamspooky #spookyspooky #mansionflow (at The Haunted Mansion)

[donaldatdisney]

Look I still do things at Disney

[entertainmentweekly]

Do you ever watch movies that you've starred in before?

Every once in a while, but not for fun. 

- Harrison Ford

[towers-of-darillium]

I literally cannot believe Harrison Ford just read the username “hanfucksluke” with his own two eyeballs

[betterstayabsurd-deactivated202]

[bemusedlybespectacled]

Gomez gives out better relationship advice than like 90% of dudes.

[obstinate-nocturna]

Gomez Addams is a suave motherfucker who loves his wife more than his own life.

Everyone should want a Gomez. He’s p cool.

[breelandwalker]

Gomez and Morticia Addams actually have a very loving and extremely healthy relationship, both in the old TV show and in the more recent movies. They were also one of the first television couples to be shown to have an active (albeit offscreen) sex life. Their frank attitude towards sexuality was shocking in its’ time, but their relationship and their family dynamic is actually more functional and more…dare I say it…sane than most families portrayed on TV.

The comedy in the show came from the family’s “odd” lifestyle, rather than from infighting and petty bickering, or worse, as was common on other shows of the time, thinly veiled references to spousal abuse. They didn’t make fun of each other or act like their children were creatures from another world. Were they strange and outside of social norms? Yes. Were they united in creating a loving home and being good, supportive parents? Absolutely.

These two support and adore their children, care for an aging mother and an estranged brother, put family before everything, and they love each other, wholly, fiercely, without reserve. They are every bit as much in love after at least a decade of marriage as they were the day they met.

Relationship goals. LIFE goals.

[avotica]

Just remembered in the second movie when their third child became “normal” for a period and although they were shocked and didn’t know how to handle it, they didn’t mistreat the child or love it any less. They accepted the difference, even though it was hard for them. 

[drnerdlove]

Reblogged for truth.

[franklyunfabulous]

❤️❤️❤️

[endreal]

Posts about Gomez and Morticia Addams are almost always uplifting and I’m happy to have them on my dash, but I think my favorite bit about this conversation is what Gomez is actually saying to Fester.

It’s nobody’s surprise that many of the aesthetic and thematic elements of The Addams Family in its various incarnations are influenced by Gothic tradition (not goth, that mostly came later. And not Goth, that was much much much too early), and I think Gomez’s words are a dead bullseye in terms of Gothic mentality.

“Make her feel like she’s the most sublime creature on earth”

The sublime is a recurring theme throughout Gothic literature. Although the word (like “awesome”) has lost a lot of it’s original luster over the intervening decades, sublime doesn’t really mean elevated and lofty (or even heavenly) as it’s often used today, but rather something possessing the power and grandeur to induce awe and veneration in the mind of the beholder. Although less than divine, something sublime possessed a wildness and power that transcended human ability to control…or even to comprehend.

Sublime is standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon leaning as far as you dare over the railing and still not being able to see the canyon floor below. Sublime is warrior-queen Galadriel being tempted by the One Ring. Sublime is waking up in the middle of the night in the heart of a wild thunderstorm.

“Make her feel like she’s the most sublime creature on earth”

Gomez isn’t advising Fester to treat a woman he fancies like a princess, or even elevate her to pedestal of angelic nature (who’s idea was it to equate femininity with purity anyway? What a laughable and historically damaging idea. Shame on whatever dead (probably) white dudes promoted that!)

Gomez is advising Fester that if he truly loves a woman he must do everything he can to remind her of how she’s an untameable force of nature who’s grandeur brings him to his knees in awe and terror. Just like Morticia, for Gomez.

I’ll sign off with one of my most favorite quotes of all time, because it feels suddenly very relevant:

“When I find myself surrounded by so much beauty, I feel as if I am the eye of a hurricane.”

- -Sanjay Kulkarni

[launturnforest]

SHIT.

[donaldatdisney]

*snap snap*

[disneyparks]

We’ve Got 999 Problems, But a Happy Haunt Ain’t One!

[lookitsaboat]

A beacon for the Hollywood elite #hollywoodtowerhotel #towerofterror #disneyworld

[donaldatdisney]

I still exist, even if it's mostly to take photos

[lookitsaboat]

No place like Main Street for ice cream on a hot day #disneyworld #disneyside

[lookitsaboat]

Disneyland is your land! Happy 60th Birthday to the park that started it all. Without you I wouldn’t be able to make crypt doors creak and tombstones quake every day here at Walt Disney World. Here is to another 60! #disneyland #diamondcelebration

[lookitsaboat]

No mourning, please, at his request #hauntedmansion #disneyworld #spookyspooky

[donaldatdisney]

I love my mansion

[fatkimkardashian-deactivated201]

YES

[mgmpluto]

Video/Photo credit to IG user @SamTheRuffian

[artbymaryc]

[lookitsaboat]

I’ve been trying to secure long term housing here in Florida as I continue my career at Disney. I am working in my favorite attraction, something I’ve wanted to do since I was a child. Now I’m getting closer, I have an apartment, I just need to keep it! I’m closer to my goal than I ever imagined. Any donation helps, I am just desperate to keep living this life. It’s basically what I’ve always wanted. Please help if you can, or at least signal boost. I took the plunge into asking for help, and I’ve been amazed by my friends. Thank you all.

[donaldatdisney]

This is me. I got transfered to The Haunted Mansion, my ultimate dream job. I want to keep it, please help if you can!

[lookitsaboat]

Was in the area so I stopped by. I love this park. #animalkingdom #disneyworld

[lookitsaboat]

The Forbidden Mountain, always looming over the kingdom. #animalkingdom #disneyworld

[didyouknowmagic]

I feel like a trip to Disney World is "how many boats will I be sitting in?" How many boat rides are there, and why are they so common at WDW?

Pshh That’s not tr-

…Boats are cool. 

[donaldatdisney]

I'm (often) on a boat!

[gameraboy]

Donald Duck cola, 1953, via ha.com