Bleatings of an Interplanetary Goat

I searched for the STONE. I nipped into the CHAMBER for a drink with my fanged servant. I had a 'thing' for the PRISONER. I was chosen by the GOBLET. I worked for the ORDER. I never trusted the PRINCE (to my regret). I mastered the HALLOWS. I am a member of the Harry Potter generation.

[interplanetarygoat]

AVENGERS : ENDGAME (No Spoilered Review)

I went. I almost Hulk-hugged the ticket girl who reserved my tickets a month ago. I refrained from scaring the daylights out of her. I saw. I sighed. I smiled. I chuckled. I laughed/neighed like a horse. I whooped with glee. I hollered with hope renewed. I got my heart broken. I got my emotions all over the place. I got my battle. Oh.the.battle. I screamed with joy. I almost knocked out a girl's eye in my enthusiasm. She was too busy screaming herself. I clapped till my hands were red and sore. The theatre went nuts. (not because of my hands). I got my heart broken again.  I sobbed again. But I got the Endgame that I, as a loyal, steadfast, joyous fan of MARVEL FOR 10 years deserved. And at the end of it all, in true blue Avenger post-mayhem tradition, my brother and I got ourselves some Shawarmas.

Thank you, MARVEL. Thank you, Russo Brothers. Thank you, Stan Lee. Thank you, all my fictional superhero/ine hearties for fostering imagination, the joy of a story well-executed and a fangirling enthusiasm in me that may be mocked by the realists but is truly appreciated by the ones who I love to 3000.

[incidentalcomics]

Here’s one of the most personally meaningful comics from my new book “The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity.” In my creative life, I frequently lose sight of why I make the work - for the sheer joy of the process. Everything else is extra.

I hope my book gives you guidance in creativity and life! It’s published by Abrams ComicArts, and you can get it here: 

http://www.abramsbooks.com/shapeofideas

[interplanetarygoat]

Getting back to Tumblr with this awesome, soul-searing, on-point comic.

[interplanetarygoat]

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them - Movie Review

You need to watch "Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them" if: a) Your love for the world of Harry Potter is a live and breathing thing. b) Something inside you broke with the absymal mess that was "Harry Potter and The Cursed Child". c) You thought J.K.Rowling had sold out. d) You want to see her prove you wrong and you want to watch her rise like Fawkes from the ashes with a screenplay that oozes that pitch-perfect, magical Rowling touch with every frame. e) You love animals and can communicate better with a four-legged furball than a two-legged human.

Since all the above points hold true for me, I went for the movie and felt my fictional world find its moorings again.

What did I love about the movie? a) Nerdy, scruffy haired, absent-minded, quirky, caring magizoologist Newt Scamander (played by the perfectly cast Eddie Redmayne) with his unassuming, battered suitcase that hides a Narnian world of epic proportions. b) The interactions between the four main characters (Newt, Tina, Kowalski and Queenie) flows seamlessly and encapsulates humour and despair with an ease and charm that leaves you smiling, laughing and holding back tears at all the right places. c) The setting. Bleaker than the last four Potter movies, we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of a sooty, despondent Prohibition-Era New York. And it works effectively to convey mistrust, helplessness, prejudice and bigotry that are the underlying themes of this series. d) Ezra Miller. Ezra Miller as Credence. Why does this boy wrench my heart out with every performance? e) The concept of an Obscurus. So.much.devastation. So.well.executed. f) The special effects. The spells. So affably done that you could be mistaken to assume that hey, magic does exist after all. g) The teapot scene. Epic. and finally, g) The Beasts. Oh, them lovable, madcap, magnificent, crazy, humbling Beasts. So many beasties.So little time for me to hug them all.

In conclusion, this Potterhead is content. And happy to have her faith in her idol restored. I look forward to fangirling with renewed enthusiasm and I most certainly look forward to the sequels. Just go watch it already.

[interplanetarygoat]

Doctor Strange - Movie Review

Two life-lessons are reinforced while watching Doctor Strange. 1) Do not text while driving. 2) It.is.NOT.about.you.

I don't miss a MARVEL movie. And when it has the delightful Benedict Cumberbatch bringing his polished, egoistic, arrogant flair (coupled with THAT voice and THOSE cheekbones) to my much-loved fantasy world, how could I not rush to the theater with glee? Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange does not disappoint. How could he? The man has impeccable acting chops and they do full justice to Doctor Strange's journey of self-discovery and ego-erosion.

TILDA SWINTON. This woman is a Goddess. A cold, implacable Goddess who will sear your soul with one icy blink. Who else but Tilda Swinton could play an ageless Oracle? The lady already walks in a dimension of her own. This is just very effective typecasting.

The visual effects are stunning. They may not be jaw-dropping if your mind has already been splintered and put together by Inception and Interstellar. But yes, still impressive. Shifting into dreamlike dimensions, plunging into psychedelic 3D time-travel and swirling through nausea inducing galaxies may make a staid person feel that they have inadvertently inhaled a spare pot of weed. But staid has never been a part of my mental makeup so I liked it.

In conclusion, I wasn't smitten. But I wasn't unhappy either. Cumberbatch to the weekend rescue!

And yes, please wait for the post-credits scene. A much loved superhero tweaks all our fan strings

[nicolerichiecirca2003]

listen…i literally dream of being a woman with a skin care routine, that smells good always and eats vegetables but i am a swamp demon and i’m doing what i can with that 

[just-shower-thoughts]

I wish people would stop asking me where I think I’m going to be in 5 years. I don’t have 2020 vision.

[grayskymorning]

Margaux Kent

[thxxghtx]

[artmania-feed]

Folded Between the Pages of Books - Floral by Evie Seo

[interplanetarygoat]

Accurate. So accurate.

[tollywoodprema]

Prabhas :)

Why I like them: More like what can you not like about him?! I can’t really give you a specific reason so… lets just say a lot of things :)

Why I don’t: His fashion sense….

Favorite film/scene: I really like his scene in Mirchi where he’s protecting his family and spoiling the bad guys plans of hurting them. Specifically the part where he pulls out the knife from the paddie field and starts running. 

Favorite line: “Okka chance isthava …Jeevitantam ikkada pettukoni chusukunta”- Mirchi 

Favorite outfit: I’m gonna have to pick one from a movie….

OTP: Him and Anushka :D

Non-romantic OTP: Prabhas and Gopichand! I love their friendship 

Unpopular opinion: I really am not sure about this one….

A wish for them: To have the opportunity to enjoy the Baahubali success and make more films like Chakram 

An oh-god-please-don’t-ever-happen for them: Be forced to marry someone just because everyone thinks he’s getting old.

5 words to best describe them: Handsome, underrated, total-package, addictive, and shy. 

My nickname for them: obviously Darling ;D

Also requested by abhila30

[tollywoodprema]

Sivuni Aana- Baahubali The Beginning

Yevvadanta yevvadanta ninnu yeththukundhi? Ye thaliki puttado ee nandi kaani nandi Yevvaru kanandhi Yekkada vinandhi Shivuni aana ayyindemo Ganga dariki lingame kadilosthaanandi

[moonmagic333]

[daisisridley]

Happy new year with Star Wars’ BB8 (x)

[lyjerria]

being busy is a blessing. that’s all I want in 2016. to be consistently busy. get shit done

[seutae-deactivated20121225]

[just-too-tired-to-fight]

if you follow the paintbrush with your eyes while not moving your head, it forces you to use emdr which is a therapeutic technique to calm anxiety/panic. watching fish swim causes the same effect.

I don’t have a favorite post on Tumblr, I don’t have things that I ‘always’ reblog.

But this is one thing I love seeing on my dash, I love having it on my blog, it really helps to calm me down and its amazing.

[thewildesttflower-deactivated20]

I LIIIIVE for those nights when you got nothing going on and so you like take a shower and deep condition your hair and shave everything and lotion yourself up and you like throw on your coziest jammies and give yourself a facial and light candles and incense and watch Netflix and listen to music and just like chill all night in your cleanest most relaxed state

[wordsnquotes]

For what it’s worth: it’s never too late… to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (via wordsnquotes)