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Iâve had this headcanon for awhile that Daichi likes old classic r&b and sings in the shower and Kuroo catches him at it one day but instead of being embarrassed about it Daichi turns it into the Greatest Shower Duet Of All Time.
this format is fucking horrifying
After watching Cinderella (the original animated movie, which was my favorite as a child), it strikes me how it solves many common problems people have with this fairy tale. Like:
Why did they try to identify the mystery girl using her shoe size? Because the bullheaded king's only clue to her identity was the shoe the Grand Duke picked up off the steps.
Why didn't the prince recognize her by her face? Because his father wouldn't involve him in the process at all, and wasn't the one going around trying to find her.
Why did the prince want to marry a lady he only met that night? Because his father was going to force him to marry someone, and he genuinely liked this woman.
Why did Cinderella want to marry a man she only met that night? Because marriage was her best and most secure way to freedom. Fucked up, but you can't say it's unrealistic for the setting of a fairy tale. She also genuinely liked him.
If they're using the slipper to find her, wouldn't it be more sensible to search for the person with the other slipper? Yes. The King is purposefully nonsensical and the Duke is purposefully terrified enough of him to carry out his orders to the letter. Furthermore, they end up doing that in the end anyway, because the Duke's glass slipper is shattered, and Cinderella brings out the one she has to prove her identity.
Why didn't the stepmother and stepsisters recognize Cinderella at the ball? Because they were dancing too far away, and then left the party to dance in private, which was possible because the King wanted very badly for his son to hit it off with someone and tried to arrange the best conditions for that to happen.
Why didn't Cinderella save herself? Because in real life, abuse victims should not have to shoulder that responsibility, and usually can't. In real life, you need and deserve an external support system. Asking for help, in this kind of situation, is very important. She is saved by others because she is loved. Because she is not alone. Because she has friends who love her, and want her to be happy and safe and free. Because in real life, people who want to help someone who is suffering are like the mice. We can't pull out miracle solutions, but we can provide companionship and if we're in the right place at the right time, we can help the person find a better life.
Why didn't the fairy godmother save Cinderella from her abusive household, or try to help her sooner? Because she's magic, and magic can't solve your problems. Quote: "Like all dreams, well, I'm afraid it can't last forever." This (and Cinderella's dream of going to the ball) is a metaphor for pleasurable things in bad circumstances. An ice cream won't get rid of your depression, but it will provide you with momentary happiness to bolster you, as well as the reminder that happiness in general is still possible for you. Cinderella doesn't want to go to the ball so she can get away from her stepmother and stepsisters, or so she can meet someone to marry and leave with. She wants to go to the ball to remind herself that she can still have things she wants. That her desires matter. This is important because the movie does a very good job of illustrating Lady Tremaine's subtle abuse tactics, all of which invisibly press the message that Cinderella doesn't matter. While going to the ball and fulfilling her dreams may not be a victory in the material sense, it is still a victory against Lady Tremaine's efforts.
Why is Cinderella's choice to be kind and obedient framed as a good thing, when you are not obligated to be kind to your abuser? This one walks a very fine line, but I think the movie still makes it make sense. Lady Tremaine never acknowledges her cruelty. She always frames her punishments of Cinderella as Cinderella's fault. Cinderella is interrupting, Cinderella is shirking her duties, Cinderella is playing vicious practical jokes. Cinderella is still a member of the family, of course she can go to the ball, provided she meet these impossible conditions. Lady Tremaine's tactics are designed to make Cinderella feel like she must always be in the wrong and her stepmother must always be in the right. If Cinderella calls her stepmother out on her cruelty, or attempts to fight back, Lady Tremaine can frame that as Cinderella being ungrateful, cruel, broken, evil, etc. If Cinderella responds to her stepmother's cruelty defiantly (in the way she's justified to), she's not taking control out of Lady Tremaine's hands. Disobedience can be spun back into her stepmother's control. She wants Cinderella to be angry and sad and show how much she's hurting. So since Cinderella is adapting to her situation, she chooses to be kind. Not only because she naturally wants to be and it's part of her personality, but because it is a form of defiance in its own way, and it allows her to keep a reminder of her agency and value. Her choice to be kind is her chance to keep her own narrative alive: she is not obeying because her stepmother wants her to and she has to do what her stepmother does, but because she wants to. It's a small distinction, but one that makes all the difference in terms of keeping her hope and identity. (Fuck, I wrote a whole paragraph about how this doesn't mean you can't be angry at people who hurt you or that you need to be kind to deserve help, and then deleted it by accident. Uh. Try again.) Expressing anger and pain is an important part of regaining autonomy and healing. Although it is commendable to be kind while you are suffering, it is NOT required for you to get help or be worthy of help. If Cinderella's recovery was explored beyond "happily ever after" she would need to let herself be angry and sad to heal. Cinderella is not only kind because it comes naturally to her, but because it's her defense against the abuse she's suffering. Everyone's story and experiences are different, and one does not invalidate the other.
Bonus round for answers that aren't part of the movie:
Why didn't Cinderella run away? Where would she go? Genuinely, in hundreds-of-years-ago France, where would she go if she snuck out of the window with a change of clothes? With her step-family, she's miserable and abused, but she's fed, clothed, and in no danger of dying or being taken advantage of by anyone other than her stepmother and stepsisters. Even if she escapes and manages to find financial security, her stepmother might be able to find her and get her back.
Why didn't Cinderella burn the house down with them inside it/slit their throats in the night/poison their food/etc.? Because that's a revenge fantasy, and this story is a fantasy about being saved. There's nothing wrong with making Cinderella into a revenge fantasy. That's perfectly fine, as long as you acknowledge that the other type of fantasy is also a valid interpretation. (I mean, the original fairy tale features the stepsisters getting their feet mutilated and all three of them getting their eyes pecked out, so go for it.)
Why isn't Cinderella more proactive in general? Because she's a child who has been abused for the back half of her life, who has had to be focused on survival because. you know. she's an abused kid.
How did she dance in glass slippers? Gotta agree with you there man, that's weird.
OP I hope you don't mind but
Cinderella's kindness is her armor. Her kindness is her keeping safe against Lady Tremaine. Because in the movie, when Anastasia finds Gus under her cup, Cinderella tries to defend herself. She tries to tell Lady Tremaine that she can't possibly think she did this on purpose, and Lady Tremaine sharply cuts her off, which is one of the few times she's actually sharp at Cinderella. It's only ever when Cinderella is not obedient or contrite that Lady Tremaine is even sharp at all.
Cinderella defending herself is met with a quick, "Hold your tongue." Cinderella saying she's already cleaned the thing she's ordered to clean is met with a biting "Do them again." And then in that scene when Cinderella finally relents and says "yes, Stepmother" is when Lady Tremaine relaxes and speaks softly again.
The only other time in the movie Lady Tremaine yells at Cinderella is when Cinderella interrupts the music lesson with the invite to the ball. Somehow, Cinderella has learned that aggression begets aggression, that emotion begets emotion, and so in being kind and quiet she keeps Lady Tremaine kind and quiet (on the surface, anyway).
When Cinderella speaks up that she wants to go to the ball, Lady Tremaine allows her to speak because she's presenting it calmly. "I'm still a member of the family, and an eligible maiden." She's not angry, just matter-of-fact, so Lady Tremaine is matter-of-fact about it. Of course you can go, provided you finish your responsibilities. Toe the line and we'll allow you to go.
Cinderella allows herself to break and cry only when Lady Tremaine leaves the house. It is after that door closes that Cinderella finally cracks and cries and has this flood of emotion as she runs through the house to the yard and allows herself to let it all out. Because she will not allow herself to give that emotional ammunition to Lady Tremaine. She will not give Lady Tremaine an ounce of emotion to play off of.
And when Lady Tremaine locks her in her room and she breaks again, crying and begging, Lady Tremaine bounces it right back by cruelly and smugly walking away to keep Cinderella away from her one chance at leaving. Because saying anything at all is unnecessary at this point; the action is crueler than anything Lady Tremaine could say.
Cinderella stays kind and calm through the movie because she has to, otherwise she is diminished and belittled and scolded.
please everyone love yourselves and read villain initialization
Villain Initialization- Chapter 107
I love Jiang Xiao. The girl discovered five minutes ago that : 1. There are people with superpowers in the world, 2. Her friend is one of them. And immediately decides that her friend is definetely a superheroine and that she will be her sidekick and since she didn't have time to workshop for names she is going by long-legged girl XD
ling chen like IM EVIL no dude you're just bisexual and self-loathing and promised the one person you cared for the most that you would live on, so you shoved all your guilt onto another person and made up an impossible goal to kill ye zimu so you could just barely endure living even when you desperately wanted otherwise, can you go get a fucking chai latte or something
Collection of My Favorite Ling Chen Faces So Far
where do you read villinit :0?
Officially, you can read Villain Initialization (The Reversal) on Bilibili or INKR comics. Or at least, you USED to be able to, but now it is nowhere to be found through official channels (in English at least).
There is someone who is currently doing a pretty good fan translation on Mangago.
Somewhat Important Notes:
Before you start, be aware that the translation quality of the first handful of chapters is...not too great. It improves fairly quickly, but it can make the initial setup hard to follow. Anyone's free to DM me if you're confused about what something means, I'll do literally anything to get more people to read this series. Though if you're an MTL warrior it should be no issue for you lol
Keep in mind that Panlos/Pan Luo/Panluosi/etc are all supposed to be the same name. It's a mis-transliteration of what is supposed to be "Penrose" which comes from the Penrose father and son duo who are both reknowned mathematicians (amongst other things) and the conceptors of the Penrose triangle (aka the impossible triangle) which is a recurring symbol in the series.
Ye Mu/Ye Muxue/Ye Zimu are also the same person. I'm like 99.9% sure this is a nickname and moniker thing, not a mis-transliteration like the Penrose situation.
Prepare for one of the most messed up friendships you have EVER seen (/positive).
Oh, and the Agonies (/also positive). <3
im devastated by the drought that is the villain intialization fandom
You know what baffles me? Why did we never get a time-loop episode of Merlin? Like someone curses Camelot to be trapped in the same day and Merlin is the only one to retain memories between resets. It would be hilarious to see Merlin just go feral and use magic with wild abandon in the open cause no one will remember anyway. I wanna see him do the bit where he needs to convince Gauis that they are in a time-loop by telling him all the weird and improbable thing that will happen as they are happening. Like it would also be the perfect way to get in multiple "magic reveals" â˘. Arthur could sometimes take it well or sometimes even react poorly with the promise of deciding Merlin's fate the next morning but that morning never comes so we never get a for sure answer about how he feels which is why Merlin still doesn't do a reveal post time-loop escape. Like the comedy and drama potential we missed out on man...
Arthur pendragon is so fine yall donât underSTAND
HIS FACE ARGH I WANNA BE MERLIN SO BAD YALL
Heâs so goofy mean boyfriend coded I want him
a conversation I had with @inthecrystalofadream made me curious how the fandom views Morgana, so...
If you've seen all of Merlin how do you feel about Morgana?
you disliked her upon your first watch and still dislike her
you disliked her upon your first watch but have come to like her character
you neither like nor dislike her
you like her but you don't consider her a favorite character
you consider her your favorite character in the show
not only is she your favorite character but she is the reason you watched Merlin
other (answer in the tags)
don't care/see results
reblogs are appreciated for a larger sample size <3
@queerofthedagger love you for this and also I totally agree
stardoodle valley alex dump!!
A friend requested me to draw this guy he's from stardew valley or something idk
âfinally caught the dudes that live on the farm!! i think the vegetables turn into em!!â
alex, my favorite stardew husband đ
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#UGHHHHÂ #THE DEVOTIONÂ #THE DEDICATION#ARTHUR WHY CANâT YOU SEE THAT MERLIN IS THE TRUEST OF ALL FRIENDS
 #WHEN YOUâRE ANGRY AND UPSET #MERLIN WAITS FOR YOU IN THE RAIN #AND WHEN YOUR FATHER DIES AND YOU DONâT SLEEP #MERLIN STAYS AWAKE WITH YOU
AND WHEN YOUâRE DEAD, MERLIN WAITS FOREVER FOR YOUR RETURN.
But⌠Arthur sees it though. Heâs pretty much always seen Merlinâs devotion and loyalty. Just because he doesnât say it doesnât mean he doesnât see. Because heâs an emotionally stunted little shit that gets random conscience bursts of âiâm a prince and youâre a servant obviously we canât be friendsâ but then turns around and says: what would you do Merlin, and youâre a good friend Merlin, and thank you Merlin, and let me fetch this flower for you Merlin, I think weâd get on Merlin, Itâs a new day Merlin, Youâre the only one I can trust Merlin, Iâll search the woods for you because I refuse to believe youâre dead Merlin, youâre the only friend I have Merlin, letâs go hunting Merlin, Iâm glad youâre here Merlin, letâs save your village Merlin, my father wants me to arrest you - you need to go Merlin, shut up Merlin, Iâve always thought you were the bravest man Iâve ever known, Merlin, where were you Merlin. Merlin. I know now, Merlin. I know.
I think most of us can agree that Merlin should've been way more connected with nature in the show.
Animals understand Merlin when he talks in the old religion.
Like imagine Merlin picking herbs for Gaius and he comes across some rabbits and just chats with them.
Arthur thinking it would be hilarious to get Merlin to ride out on the new, barely trained horse, then not believing his eyes when Merlin whispered to the animal and it immediately calmed and worked with him.
During a hunt, Merlin disappearing up a tree while they're taking a rest and being found a while later taking a nap, laid quite contently on a branch.
Merlin really struggling to find the herbs he's looking for and frustratedly sitting down in the grass to gather his thoughts, only to find that when he touched the ground, the herbs he needed sprouted immediately.
Little Merlin secretly helping the crops in Ealdor grow when he sensed that there was a rough winter coming.
Just Merlin interaction with nature.
i like them a very normal amount đł
