@quietbluejay
almost home
noise dept.
$LAYYYTER
Stranger Things

Andulka
PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
taylor price
Peter Solarz
let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open

izzy's playlists!
Not today Justin

JBB: An Artblog!
Jules of Nature
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ojovivo
hello vonnie
todays bird

oozey mess
styofa doing anything

roma★

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@quietbluejay
they call it his achilles heel because ack! It killies him
The core appeal of Willy Wonka is that he's a nigh-omnipotent maniac who uses his near limitless powers over reality to trick shitty people into killing themselves. You can't make him the protagonist of a whimsical coming of age tale - you have to treat him like Jason Voorhees, or Dracula, or any other horror icon. Give him some new victims and new interesting kills and set him loose, that's all audiences want.
I feel like I watched a somewhat different movie...
Gene lobbied hard for Wonka to be introduced as a feeble limping old man who suddenly falls into a forward somersault and leaps to his feet, because "from that moment on the audience won't know if he can be trusted." On a related note: the director told Gene what would happen during the boat scene, but none of the other actors were prepared; to this day, none of them are sure what he ad libbed and what was scripted.
My favorite detail, though, is his performance of Pure Imagination. On the surface, the song is charming and inviting, but if you look closely at him throughout the scene, you'll notice that Gene never blinks. He looks around, down at his feet, up at the trees; his eyes never fully close. He moves erratically, stuttering up and down the steps of the chocolate room. The lyrics are warm and friendly, but his face is blank. He bows to permit his visitors to run amok, but his posture is stiff. He helps Violet and Mike reach a couple of treats, but there is no joy in the gesture. The final post-chorus feels like a dirge, a threat, and a warning, all at once; Wonka sits in repose under a tree, but his eyes are glassy and dispassionate. "There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination; / living there / you'll be free / if you truly / wish / to be.......... "
Fantasy in excess, like anything else, will destroy you; that's the real message of Gene Wilder's Wonka. He taunts his guests with unrepentant disdain, and doesn't care if they live or die. He toys with their emotions, their safety, and their grip on reality, feeling no regret or remorse, no pity, no compassion. Fantasy is colorful and compelling, but it's false, and ultimately empty. Wonka is a walking maladaptive daydream, and as far as I'm concerned, that's the real reason the 1971 film has endured in the culture for so long.
Wait, I'm expanding my "Mary Poppins vs. Bugs Bunny" trickster spectrum here.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TECHNOBLADE 🎂 i miss him sm recently
Do you listen to any "obscure" artists?
Yes (comment or leave in the tags?)
No
mcyt is such a funny fandom because some of you genuinely don't think about the characters and it's crazy
mcyt fans will be like yeah my favorite ship is the smart, nerdy twink and the big friendly hunk and all the other characters are supporting roles haha. and then you look at the characters and it's a genuinely intriguing look at manipulation and guilt and how it can lead people to dark, desperate places. and also the hunk is literally physically disabled but no one wants to talk about that because it's hard to draw yaoi fanart that incorporates a wheelchair
grian is going to dm the crane wives.
(ty @appystruda for bringing this to my attention)
ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE
all all all
does anyone else think about how the sky can literally rock any colour it wants to
red, orange, yellow? sunset/sunrise
green? the rarest and not one ive seen personally but it can happen
blue? classics of sky
indigo? violet? twilight babyyy
pink? also shows up at sunrise/sets
black? night. get goth with it
white? grey? her clouds
do you love the Fucking colour of the sky. bitch
go my life series horror / arg AU
reblog this and put in the tags at least two (2) songs you are listening to on repeat right now
yep, pretty much
enough.
(more doodles under the cut)
gotham knights (2000) #3 // batman (1940) #404 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // batman: the twenty cent adventure (2002) #2 // dennis o'neil's batbible (1989) // batman: kings of fear (2018) #4 // batman: shadow of the bat (1994) #2 // batman and robin (2011) #22 // batman: the dark knight (2011) #10 // batman: black and white (2020) #5 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // batman: shadow of the bat (1994) #0 // detective comics (1937) #1047 // dennis o'neil's batbible (1989) // detective comics (1937) #939 // batman: shadow of the bat (1994) #0 // batman (1940) #439 // batman: legends of the dark knight (1989) #29 // batman: arkham city // grant morrison from on fatman on batman // batman (1940) #634 // batman: night cries (1992) #1 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // detective comics (1937) #982
THINKING ABOUT HIM AGAIN
HERMIT A DAY MAY #1 - ZEDAPH
GUESS WHOOOOOOOS BACK AFTER TWO YEARS, THATS RIGHT ITS ME BABYYYYYYY WERE STARTING IT STRONG
IM READY TO COMPLETE HERMIT A DAY MAY THIS TIME
got slapped in the face with this idea, I have many thoughts