[edmundpevensieisluv]

if you think chronicles of narnia: prince caspian is not a good movie or that it didn’t live upto lww.

just watch this and the effort that andrew adamson and the rest of the crew put into making it and you will be amazed and will forever change your mind about the movie

[shymagnolia]

so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

[shymagnolia]

okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post

[flagellant]

…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment

likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post

[coffee-or-hot-cocoa]

i need all the help i can get for finals

[finnglas]

Hey so

the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like. 

So you know. 

This might be the real one, y’all.

[azaraspirit]

what the hell? i could use some luck *hits reblog*

[i-love-you-beautiful]

You know what I could use some luck

[classycookiexo]

Totally Spies and Kim Possible made me want to have cosmetic gadgets for my birthday when I was a kid

[edmundpevensieisluv]

i had the toy compowder!!! 🙂‍↕️🥹

[wonyoungismn1glowup]

still watching bratz, totally spies and barbie life in the dreamhouse is a hot girl thing tbh

[edmundpevensieisluv]

yes!!

[girlesotericism]

ALL MOTHERS

[edmundpevensieisluv]

my childhood (and actually adulthood) currently watching totally spies

[rainintheevening]

Every rewatch of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe I pick up on new things.

The second sword the Witch fights Peter with is Edmund's.

In the train station scene there's a man's voice in the background saying, 'Hold onto your brother's hand, and don't let him go. I love you!'

I love how they made the Witch's throne of ice, because ice can melt, but the throne Edmund is given by Aslan is made of stone. Feels like a 'house on sand vs house on rock' allusion.

I get goosebumps EVERY TIME Lucy enters the room with the wardrobe and the swing song cuts out into a ringing hush, and then when the cloth comes billowing down, the music swells, and it's one of my favourite little moments.

I also love how the camera angles show Lucy's face, and her wonder, before you, the viewer, see the wardrobe.

Susan is so so sweet to Lucy when they find Mr. Tumnus in the Witch's house, the way she holds her little sister close, and kisses her hair.

I think it's brilliant how terribly tall the Witch feels at first, particularly in her house, when she's standing over Edmund. She feels enormous.

And of course the costume changes, how her crown melts down, and her dress gets smaller and greyer, till it's almost black at the Stone Table, and then in the battle she's wearing a complete chainmail dress (very cool btw), like all her ice has melted down to stone, like she was really just a knife blade under all those frozen layers the whole time.

How the music dies out right before the first clash of the armies, so all you can hear is Peter’s heartbeat, and then again after Edmund gets stabbed by the Witch, but that time it's only Ed’s breathing you can hear.

This turned into me just raving about this movie in general, but it totally deserves it.

[fraiserire]

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO CARE!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO FEEL!!!!!! FEEL FEEL FEEL!!!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THINGS GOOD AND PURE FEEL SOMETHING!!!! OPEN YOUR HEART! BE VULNERABLE! BE SOFT! BE SO FULL OF LOVE AND MESSY AND CRY YOUR HEART OUT!!!!!!! LOVE AND FEEL!!! FEEL AND LOVE!!! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO CARE! IT IS OKAY TO CARE!!! TO LOVE, TO HURT, AND CRY! PLEEEEEEASE FOR THE LOVE OF THE WORLD, CARE. FEEL. LOVE. BE A MESS OF LOVE AND FEELINGS!!! WE NEED OPEN HEARTS AND KIND EYES WITH BEAMING SOULS!!!! PLEASE!!!!!

[queen-lucy-the-valiant]

I like the parallel/ slight difference in pc between English lucy and how she approached the train fight and narnina lucy and how she approaches the white witch fight. because English lucy stays on the side lines and looks stressed but narniaj lucy rushes into the fight. and it could be unintentional, but ed references the train fight so clearly the writers were thinking about it. and I think its them trying to show how the "narnian air" has effected lucy (also you know societal expectations) like how they regained their muscle memory and skills in fighting and such.

[applesandpavenders]

[jessmalia]

Voyage of the Dawn Treader + Letterbox Reviews

[fantastic-nonsense]

I genuinely think the most of the differences between the Pevensies in the books vs. the movies can be explained by one simple fact: the Movie!Pevensies are fully cognizant of and emotionally attached to their experiences in Narnia after returning to England, while the Book!Pevensies have a notable emotional distance to their memories of Narnia

It's an explicit plot point in the books that the longer you stay in one world, the easier it becomes to forget about the other one (or think of it as a dream). Additionally, while the Pevensies do remember what happened and are permanently changed by their experiences in Narnia, they seemingly forget a lot of their Narnian-learnt knowledge and skills. This gets briefly mentioned in Prince Caspian, when Lucy talks about swimming:

When they had drunk from the well and splashed their faces, they all went down the stream again to the shore and stared at the channel which divided them from the mainland. “We’ll have to swim,” said Edmund.

“It would be all right for Su,” said Peter (Susan had won prizes for swimming at school). “But I don’t know about the rest of us.” By “the rest of us” he really meant Edmund, who couldn’t yet do two lengths at the school baths, and Lucy, who could hardly swim at all.

“Anyway,” said Susan, “there may be currents. Father says it’s never wise to bathe in a place you don’t know.”

“But, Peter,” said Lucy, “look here. I know I can’t swim for nuts at home—in England, I mean. But couldn’t we all swim long ago—if it was long ago—when we were Kings and Queens in Narnia? We could ride then too, and do all sorts of things. Don’t you think—”

“Ah, but we were sort of grown-up then,” said Peter. “We reigned for years and years and learned to do things. Aren’t we just back at our proper ages again now?” -PC, Chapter 3

So she learned how to swim while growing up in Narnia, but forgot it again when she returned to her own world and was back at her proper age. But the longer the Pevensies stayed in Narnia, the more those previously-learned skills came back to them:

This was real broad-sword fighting. The great thing is to slash at your enemy’s legs and feet because they are the part that have no armor. And when he slashes at yours you jump with both feet off the ground so that his blow goes under them. This gave the Dwarf an advantage because Edmund, being much taller, had to be always stooping.

I don’t think Edmund would have had a chance if he had fought Trumpkin twenty-four hours earlier. But the air of Narnia had been working upon him ever since they arrived on the island, and all his old battles came back to him, and his arms and fingers remembered their old skill. He was King Edmund once more. -PC, Chapter 8

The same general principle appears to apply to their memories and the emotions attached to them (which I think is one of the main reasons why Book!Susan is so easily able to dismiss Narnia as a "silly children's game" when she gets older). Narnia's magic protects visitors from feeling the pain and suffering associated with being de-aged/losing their home/etc when they leave Narnia by forcing a mental and emotional distance from their experiences, and they're only able to re-forge those connections once they return.

By contrast, the Movie!Pevensies are acutely and painfully aware of what they've lost by returning to England, and it dramatically alters the equation for everyone involved.

It turns the level-headed, loving, tired Books!Peter into the angst-ridden, hotheaded Movie!Peter who's constantly trying to prove himself. It turns Susan's story inside out, because it gives her entirely different reasons and motivations for possibly wanting to forget about Narnia and dismiss it as a "silly game." It gives Edmund a narrative reason to retain the massive character growth he'd experienced in LWW, act as the steadying rock in the siblings' lives, and feel like he has something to prove in VDT without Peter around.

And while I think Lucy remains the least changed between the books and movies, there are several added dimensions to her fully remembering her first fifteen years in Narnia that really start to peek their heads out by the time we get to VDT (particularly her desire to feel grown up and desired by the men around her; if she's truly feeling her age, I think there's an additional nuance to that plot that goes beyond the vanity and "she wants to be like Susan" dimensions from the book).

Do I think this accounts for all of the characterization differences? No. But I think it's a massively understated difference that doesn't get talked about enough as being a major driver of how differently the Pevensies act and react to things in the later books vs. how they act and react in the movies.

[sroloc--elbisivni]

[grabs your shirt] listen. listen to me. the practical is holy. the everyday is sacred. the simple act of surviving is divine. do you get it? sanctity begins at home, in the hands that build and the lives we live and the deaths we die and the worms that eat our bodies. if making something by hand is not worthy of veneration then nothing is.

[farewell-to-lorien]

Illustrations for The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, art by Anastasia Ryzhkova.

[thickenedlight]

On not having your shit together under 30: life-building.

The great Swiss Psychiatrist Carl Jung once said:  “Life begins at forty. Until then you are just doing research.” That’s a bold statement from a man who was super famous and at the top of his field (second only to Freud) by the time he was 30. I have found that this is true for most people–it takes that long to actually have the opportunity to really find and develop yourself in ways that crystallize into an integrated, fluid, masterful understanding of how you ought to live YOUR life. It’s important to note that usually by the time people are 20, they have some things they are quite good at, sometimes geniuses/prodigies, etc. But even those people take much longer than you might think to really develop fully into the fullness of their personhood.  There’s a lot of pressure on people in their 20s to get their shit together. It’s important to recognize that, in terms of professions, it is only possible for people under the age of 28-30 to be wildly and outrageously successful at the top of their field if they are super committed and focused and they are: 1. Athletes 2. Models 3. Performing Artists 4. Computer Programmers/Very Special Entrepreneurs 5. Freedom Fighters/Soldiers/Gangsters …and wildly and outrageously powerful if they are: 6. Aristocrats/Oligarchs (Especially if they inherit some sort of title and are out from under the thumb of big poppa or big mama. This doesn’t happen that often.) Athletes and models in most arenas peak young and then have to do other things. Performing artists, computer programmers, entrepreneurs, and oligarchs typically have a lot more room to grow into their successes with long periods of development.  And pretty much every other field, including parenthood, requires lots of skill development, more and more intricate and difficult experiences, and way-finding. If you’re in your twenties and not Mark Zuckerberg, the best things you can do are: –find and follow your interests as much as you can, gain skills and develop discernment and insights in these areas, even when these are “hobbies” or interests you do outside your day job (Even if you never get to pursue them professionally, you will find that having well developed hobbies is one of the  great satisfactions that makes life worth living, and the more energy you put into these areas of interest, the more you get out of them)*

–get your adulting skills together as much as you can (this typically goes bit by bit, start wherever it makes most sense to you and build out from there)

–learn whatever you can in whatever situations you find yourself in, including most especially the shitty messes, adversity, and disasters that happen –note the situations in which you work best and the kinds of activities and relationships that really suit your taste –begin to experiment with trying to create these sorts of situations on purpose when you can

And the WORST things you can do are:  –be deeply upset about not having your shit together

–think there’s something wrong with you (even if you have serious problems) –believe that you ought to be able to actualize your creative/ambitious vision before you really have the necessary skills and experiences to actually achieve that (Note: many necessary skills and experiences are not directly related to whatever talents or interests you may have and may include having to learn all sorts of other things, like how to get along with people well enough to work with them, how to manage money, how to navigate in the social/work world of adults, having a big enough network of the right sort of people who you need to help you, etc etc etc).      Overall, if you just keep learning and do your best to connect yourself with your feeling of aliveness as much as you can, as often as you can, you will eventually learn how to cultivate that feeling of aliveness in most areas of the daily practical world of your life.   ________ *(One of my great hobbies is listening to and talking about music. My ability to make mixtapes, which I began making actual cassette mixtapes when I was 13 years old, in 1988, is one of the great pleasures of my life. I went through a period when we were transitioning from cd/tape/lp to mp3 that I stopped doing it, and when I got back to it again, I found a deep well of pure enjoyment and sanity that I draw on whenever I want. I’ve always been pretty good at it, but as I’ve gotten back into it now, I see more clearly the depth of my relationship to music, and it in some ways is even more enjoyable than it was when I was a teenager. If my mom had bought me a mixer back when I wanted one in 1990, I might have become a decent DJ, but as it is, it’s just something I do to PLAY.) 

[mitchie-writes]

That feeling when you can actually organize things in your room and the OCD side of you is so proud of your work

[yacchem]

doing homework with your friends is just *chef's kiss* like whenever you stumped at a question there will be that one who found a the answer from the third paragraph in page 34 and everyone were like write that down write that down and thank them

and then there is this question that noone NOONE can find the answer in the book and then you remembered something the teacher mentioned in class so you suddenly shouted the answer too excitedly but noone is bothered because they are too happy that they finally found the answer and thank you

and there is that one friend who just got back from the cafeteria with hot choco while bringing biscuits and you all quickly take the biscuits and dipping them in their mug while they copy the answers of the homework on their notebook

and then there is a question that noone understand so the friend who is the only one that understand it bring out their notebook and start scribbling with their pens to explain the concept to us and how to find the answer

and then like everyone is racing to find the answer and after some intense pen scribbling noises everyone slammed the table with their pens and compare each other's answers sadly your answer is different so your friend beside you look at your notebook and pointed out which part you did wrong and lend you their notebook

like i genuinely enjoy doing anything with my friends that i would LOVE to DO FUCKING HOMEWORKS WITH THEM

[adulttalk]

Hello! I was wondering if you had any advice on getting back to track with college work and gaining back your passions? I’ve been going through rough times and handling depression has taken a toll on my school work. I feel disorganized and worthless. I wish I wasn’t this way so that I could actually do good. I’m sorry, I went on a rant and sorry if I’m bothering you.

You’re not bothering me love. 

How to Get Your Life Back in Order:

1. Assess. How far behind are you? Email, or even better, talk to all your professors about any missed assignments, tests, quizzes, etc. that you can make up. I’m not sure how it works on all college campuses but I believe you may be able to get extensions on missed stuff if you go through your disability resource/mental health center. Of course, they’ll have to let your professors know what’s been going on so I would take that into consideration.

2. Organize. Lay out your make-up work by class, with the things most overdue on at the back of the stack and the things newest/least overdue at the front.

3.. Prioritize. You can either choose to tackle the class that’s easiest/hardest for you first or the class that has the most/least for you to do or the class where your grade has been affected the most. It’s up to you.

4. List. For the next week or two, depending on how much make-up work you have, you may want to live on a strict day-to-day schedule. Waking up at a certain time, getting started on assignments at a certain time, finishing at a certain time, scheduling meals and breaks for a certain time. If you don’t think that’s something you want to deal with or maybe just aren’t ready for yet, maybe do it just by day. So if you’re going strict you would do something like “Wake up at 7, breakfast by 7:15, start math by 7:30, finish by 10 with breaks at 8:15 and 9:15″ or if you’re doing the day-to-day, “finish math and science by Tuesday, finish english and history by Thursday.” No matter how you choose to go about it, you need to be not like hard on yourself but motivated and get it done.

5. Reward. You totally need to reward yourself for all the hard-work and effort you’re putting into not only your schoolwork but your mental health. It can be rewards at the end of work session, each day, or each week, however often you need it.

How to Regain Your Passions:

1. Remember. Think about what you were passionate about. Sports, reading, writing, music, etc.

2. Think about now. As we get older our passions may change. Assess if you’re still truly passionate about these things or maybe you’ve developed an interest in something else.

3. Bring it back. If your interests are still the same, start bringing them back into your life a little at a time. Don’t make it seem like a chore though. Start small, maybe just read one chapter of a book that you’re interested in or write down an idea for a story you had. Small things that’ll make you go “Oh yeah! I remember how much I love doing this!”

4. Experiment. If you find that maybe your passions aren’t the same anymore, try something new. Join a club, go out somewhere new, try talking to new people, just explore the world and the things around you. Dabble in something new and you may find a passion that you never knew you had.

How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Mental Health:

1. Write. Literally write it all out, everything you’re feeling. This was a game changer for me when I was in middle/high school. It helped me to write it like I was narrating a character’s story instead of it being mine. Write it however you need to. Even draw it out if that’s better for you. I still do this today in just a plain five star notebook.

2. Create a support net. Connect with friends or family that you can talk about things with or who will listen to you or get your mind off things or whatever it is you need. My go-to supporters are my boyfriend, my little sister, and my friend Nicole.

3. Work it out. Working out is literally one of the best ways for me to clear my mind. I like to go for a swim, walk, or bike ride. It gives me some fresh air, a new space, and time to think. Being holed up in my room was detrimental for me to my mental health. Also, working out increases endorphins in the body, your happy chemical.

4. Go outside. Kinda like #3. Being around nature helps me to clear my mind and think more positively about things and bring me back into focus about things. I need that vitamin D.

5. Talk to a professional. If you want to, if you think you need to, if you can afford it or have insurance that will cover it, or if you’re on a college campus, they probably provide counselor that comes with your tuition. You can talk to a regular counselor or a specialized grief counselor. Don’t let yourself get too far down a dark hole before seeking help. Trust me.

6. Focus and stay busy. Sometimes the best thing for me is to just throw myself into my work. It’s how I cope with a lot of things, putting all of my mental issues into physical action. It helps me to feel in control of my life still. Focus on your schoolwork and other obligations. Get them As.

8. Clean and organize bedroom. I recently remembered how much I love to clean up and organize when I’m stressed or not feeling so hot, and chances are that if I’ve been in That Slump™️, my room and living area have been neglected and need a good cleaning and organizing anyways.

7. Take mental health days and care for yourself. It’s completely okay to take time off for yourself. You need to care for yourself first and foremost.

I hope these help lovely, xx