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Never, as a 100% ethnically, nationally, and culturally Italian, never ever have I had eaten so much pizza and so often now that I live in a one-horse village in the Carnic Alps, where pizza is — spoiler! — absolutely NOT traditional...

And it's damn-good pizza, at that.

#off topic #christ I normally would eat pizza twice a month #now is once or twice a week #I am being stereotipically italian in an area that is barely considered italy culturally speaking #I know I am not posting much tlu stuff lately #I am kind of in a writer's block #lots of personal changes going on

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I am almost done with an intensive lifeguard training course and I am swinging between only two moods: self-doubting, anxious Schmendrick flipping through notes, and roaring Molly pushing through 16 consecutive laps in head-up front crawl.

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Reblog because ayoooo, exam passed!

Headcanon 1: Molly has a pretty "interesting" vocabulary and speech due to having lived among outlaws for a long time.

Headcanon (basically canon) 2: Schmendrick rarely curses and prefers to express himself properly because of his apprenticeship with Nikos.

Pair these HC together and imagine Schmendrick’s reaction each time Molly runs verbally amok.

#the last unicorn #tlu #molly grue #schmendrick #imagine the kind of things that can come put of Molly’s mouth #and Schmendrick’s reactions #I need to make some doodles of Molly using colorful expressions translated from my second language #furious Molly: I will piss in your ass!#Schmendrick: Molly!!!!!

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10 movie tag game

Rules: Post ten of your favorite movies(no giving away the title) and tag ten people.

Thank you to @comfortwriting for tagging me!

No pressure tags below! 🙂

@munsonify @hercrimsonpeaches @andvys @beasbrain @billlydear @buckysdecaflove @castielscaplan @dreamwatch @fangirlposts @gem-writes

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I was unsure to reblog my answers with @thee-pixie-skull or my fan-fic account @thesmirkingcranium so let's do my edit account as been a hot minute I posted anything on here.

Lord this going to be hard, as my favorite director has made three or even four movies alone would make this list. Only no I have to switch up. So from least favorite to favorite!

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A three-way tie of movies my favorite director made. NOT the order matters yet tried to list rewatchability after the tie

My first tattoo was inspired by "...Death just another path..." speech fun fact.

This song, I am confident when doing a poetry read for it, help me get over my stage fright in its own way: Book is great too! I own at least the graphic novel version.

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I tag: @snapes-know-it-all @dewdropdinosaur @airasora @little-bloodied-angel @thenamelessdoll @crimson-anya-blaze @glittersabbath @somethingvicked @carnifexdoll @howaboutsomeschmolly

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Thanks to @thee-pixie-skull for the tag. I'll try post movies that still are faves to this day without dwelling on nostalgia too much (sorry, La gabbianella e il gatto, I still love you though...). Order not accurate.

(where you doubting it????)

10.

@iletquendalblog-blog how about yours??

#movies #films #kirikou #murder on the orient express 1974 #the hunchback of notre dame #the secret of nimh #the shining #the last unicorn #goodbye Lenin #it's such a beautiful day #perfect blue #disney fantasia #lots of animated movies #I left out a shit ton of other movies I love

#the last unicorn #molly grue #schmendrick #tlu #lifeguard training #12 days from the beginning to the exam #intensive much #wish me luck #it's funny because in my headcanon Molly can't swim #but she has the honey badger kind of energy I need right now

So, I watched the trailer for "Gatto".

Oh, look! the Italian mobster stereotype, how funny, they never – ever! – use it in media! How cultured, how sophisticated.

Seriously, andate a farvi fottere...

#off topic #new animated movie old shitty stereotypes #at least Luca was cute #why is it okay to keep on fuelling the Italian mobster trope?#it isn’t funny

"What do you mean in less than three weeks you have seen almost all your co-workers and employers naked, and that it's a complete non-issue?!"

Me:

#the last unicorn #tlu #schmendrick #storyboard #Even when I specify I work in a spa where the staff is allowed and encouraged to partake treatments I still get some very puzzled looks #still is a huge taboo apparently #it's fun though to drop this piece of information without elaborating first

So, not only I now live basically in the woods in an alpine area, but my job also requires me to be barefoot (just socks allowed but without is better) all the time?

My metamorphosis into Molly Grue is becoming more and more real every day...

Plus, I am also the by default cook for shared meals and dinners with colleagues and flatmates... Go figure.

#the last unicorn #tlu #molly grue #personal post #I am even encouraged to walk barefoot into the woods #I do not meet unicorns yet but a shit ton of roe deers #Described like this it sounds like I am doing god knows what

Oh, boy! What a time to be alive for someone with a master degree in social psychology and a lifelong special interest in history!

Jolly, jolly times!

#off topic #in case you can't tell I was being sarcastic #well duh!#molly grue #how frustrating it is knowing we have all the knowledge and tools to prevent shit from happening again but ignoring them anyway

I don't know what frigging Pandora box I have unadvertedly opened in my head lately, but I have been coming up with a shit-ton of ideas for tlu themed fics that I am struggling to organize and develop because they are coming so fast and so suddenly. Just a taste:

a one-shot ficlet that serves as a prequel for The Woman Who Married the Man in the Moon (with an extra serving of angst)

a fluff short fiction about the five love languages, paralleling AmaltheaxLir and Molly×Schmendrick

A fairy tale sort of fiction about Molly and Schmendrick learning to know each other better as a couple, dealing with their own traumatic experiences (post-canon, their next adventure after the official one is over)

An AU setting where Schmendrick is sent back home by Nikos, with more in-depth into his family dynamics (LOTS about Sardana)

Any input on which one I can focus on is welcomed!

#the last unicorn #tlu #schmendrick #molly grue #lots of ideas running wild #and I have so much going on right now that I don't know where to start #the lady amalthea #prince lir #fiction

What is love, anyway??

#the last unicorn #tlu #schmendrick #molly grue #the unicorn #the butterfly #prince lir #king haggard #the tiddy tree #the lady amalthea #alignment chart

Will always love how Schmendrick is basically WWOOFing his way through farms, in "Schmendrick Alone", right after leaving Nikos' home.

(This gave me the headcanon Schmen is surprisingly handy. Not professional-tier good, but competent enough with farm tools in hamd. And remember he comes from a family of coopers, he must be familiar with woodworking).

#the last unicorn #tlu #schmendrick #Schmendrick Alone #peter s beagle #in-universe wwoof #personal suggestion of mine: wwoof is an experience I recommend at least once #also the little comment about kids at the end #oh my heart #my poor boi longing for companionship

Me, watching "Long Story Short": drooling over the top notch quality of the writing and pacing, taking notes on effective non-linear storytelling.

Also me: Eheheheh, "stronzo"

#off topic #long story short #I love this show #love it love it love it #Love it for so many reasons #But damn it this detail made me feel juvenile for how spontaneously I laughed #funny how the brain is primed on your first language even while you're switched on second language mode

Hill I will die upon: Molly is the most accurate animated representation of how f*cking messy shoulder-length (or shorter) wavy hair can get.

It doesn't matter if you're living in the woods and wash them with grounded tree bark, or if you're an indoor being caring them with the best products, they will find a way to defy physics.

#the last unicorn #tlu #molly grue #I saw a comment about how absurd Molly's hair is #First: it's just animation chill out #Second: oh my sweet straight-haired summer child...#I find characters with perfect flawless never out of place hair no matter what conditions they are in far more ridiculous #Especially in live action

Obsessing over a sudden insight about Schmendrick and his genre savviness about fairy tales.

Per canon, in within The Last Unicorn lore and universe Schmendrick is the one who seems to possess the deepest awareness of being in a fairy tale (if one of its kind) and who is confirmed to know himself a lot of stories and fairy tales (The Woman Who Married the Man in the Moon, if you haven’t read it I encourage you to do so, but be warned it is a tear jerker and deals with very uncomfortable and sensitive themes).

From The Green-Eyed Boy the reader learns Schmendrick is the youngest of three brothers and is considered by is family the lesser capable and the less smart, to the point of being given the cruel nickname he is known by everyone... He literally is one of the most widespread archetypal character of fairy tales, the youngest sibling (very often the third child) everyone mocks and scorns but who tends up living happily ever after once the hardships have been won.

So Schmendrick, knowledgeable as he is about fairy tales, might be aware of this and, at least at a youngest age, during his apprenticeship, and soon after that, might probably be holding on to the hope he will turn out victorious in the end, dearly believing everything will turn out fine for him in the end, as they should, as they always do after the protagonist has passed every test thanks to their skills and smarts... Of course, it does not work as he expected, and this frustrates and hinders him even further, delaying the "happy ever after" he is struggling so much to reach.

#the last unicorn #tlu #schmendrick #peterbeagle #fairy tales #genre savviness #I am reading The Uses of Enchantment and it is giving me so much insight on fairy tales #I have always glossed over the fact Schmendrick is the youngest of three siblings #the underdog character that makes it against all odds who is almost universally found in fairy tales #and who is almost always given an offensive monicker (see 'Simpleton' from Grimm's 'Queen Bee'...)#like damn how could I have missed it it cannot be just a coincidence #it's so on the nose

Recent conversation that made me eyeroll hard.

"So is English your second language?"

Me: "To be accurate, it is my third language. I am part of a linguistic minority in Italy."

"But does it really count? It's such a small community with no real use, compared to English, that it makes no sense to consider it your second language."

Me: ಠ_ಠ

#off topic #bilingual #second language #third language #like what the hell?#If I have to follow the same reasoning I should consider my mother language my second language because it's spoken by less people?#and it's less “useful” than english?#Get a grip #of course this person was 100% monolingual

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Gender Goals

What’s that feeling when you don’t want to date someone but want to BE them? It could be GENDER GOALS! This is something I’d struggled wi

What’s that feeling when you don’t want to date someone but want to BE them? It could be GENDER GOALS!

This is something I’d struggled with for nearly my entire life and I thank the trans community for putting this into words for me. It wouldn’t be the first time either! <-both comic links on this post are SFW

As a bonus I also drew this "Jey Timeline"

My visual shorthand that I usually use for flashbacks, etc.

[ID: “Gender Goals” a comic by Jey Pawlik, is done in mint greens and choppy black lineart.

Narration: As a kid I watched The Last Unicorn a LOT.

A young Jey with long hair is sitting in front of an old CRT TV watching The Last Unicorn. On the screen The Unicorn ponders “What do men know? Because they have seen no unicorns for a while does not mean that we have all vanished. We do not vanish. There has never been a time without unicorns.” The TV scenes are done in a cool blue colour with a static texture overlayed on top.

Jey’s mum pokes her head in with a “!!” and is excited about this development. She flutters around little Jey and says “OH! You’re watching the unicorn movie again? Something CUTE?! Something GIRLY?! Ohhh~ I’m so happy!” much to little Jey’s annoyance. The background behind them has turned from Jey’s usual green to purple with a floral pattern.

Narration: But it wasn’t the unicorn I liked best.

The movie now shows The Unicorn and Schmendrick the Magician walking together. The Unicorn says “You may come with me if you like. Though I wish you’d asked for some other reward for having freed me.”

Schmendrick responds “Well, I thought about it. But you could never have granted my true wish.”

The Unicorn says “No. I cannot turn you into something you are not. I cannot turn you into a true magician.”

A ribbon obscures the bottom with the text: Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy

"A Jey Timeline", a digital illustration of eight portraits of Jey at different ages: 3-6 with a bowl cut, 7-11 wearing big glasses and a long ponytail, 12-15 nervous without glasses wearing braces and short choppy greasy hair, 16-19 concerned with longer shoulder length hair, 20-23 smiling and wearing small glasses and a short shaggy hairstyle, 24-27 smiling and wearing the same small glasses but their hair is neat and tidy and shorter, 28-32 wearing their usual big rectangular glasses and shorter hair with a bigger smile, and 33+ when they've started on T and are sporting small bits of facial hair and a few greys in their even shorter hair. "My go-to's for my autobio comics." /end]

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