Of Earth and Fire

Just a gal who occasionally cosplays and enjoys wasting time on this site

[laurenorisit]

so like did we all log back in to tumblr this week or what

[liquidstar]

imagine you knew a dude and you were pretty chill with him, maybe you were friends but youre not really sure, but one day he just starts attacking you and gets taken away by the cops and you never see him again. a few months later you go to a play with your new group of friends and you find out via the play he died. thats how zuko felt watching jet die in the ember island players episode

[liquidstar]

zuko watching stage jet play around in some trees with the original trio: oh cool i didn’t know you guys knew jet. i met him once on a trip to ba sing se, we stole some food, got into the city, had a fight, and he was hauled off by the dai li and i havent seen him since lol

zuko watching stage jet get brainwashed and die: WHAT THE FUCK

[vital-information]

I told Miyazaki I love the “gratuitous motion” in his films; instead of every movement being dictated by the story, sometimes people will just sit for a moment, or they will sigh, or look in a running stream, or do something extra, not to advance the story but only to give the sense of time and place and who they are.

“We have a word for that in Japanese,” he said. “It’s called ma. Emptiness. It’s there intentionally.”

Is that like the “pillow words” that separate phrases in Japanese poetry?

“I don’t think it’s like the pillow word.” He clapped his hands three or four times. “The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it’s just busyness, But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb.”

Which helps explain why Miyazaki’s films are more absorbing and involving than the frantic cheerful action in a lot of American animation. I asked him to explain that a little more.

“The people who make the movies are scared of silence, so they want to paper and plaster it over,” he said. “They’re worried that the audience will get bored. They might go up and get some popcorn.

But just because it’s 80 percent intense all the time doesn’t mean the kids are going to bless you with their concentration. What really matters is the underlying emotions–that you never let go of those.

— Roger Ebert in conversation with Hayao Miyazaki

[naratemari]

        The  Nara Family

[calangkoh]

holy trinity of out of context screencaps

[afgunst]

Those are great but what about

[calangkoh]

WHAT

[4ek4]

this gif is funny for several reasons:

1. bakugo going absolutely feral

2. iida t-posing 

3. midoriya “the chosen one” izuku, the 9th holder of the legendary power One For All, the apprentice of the greatest hero who ever lived, the kid who defeated 2 extremely dangerous villains, COWERING IN FEAR from that thing on the railing

4. the girls acting like nothing is happening

[sindri42]

This is just how every single group of 6+ high school kids are.

[turing-tested]

homestuck.org

[autisticcatnip]

let me get this straight

you fucking bought the homestuck.org url and made it lead to your tumblr!?

[turing-tested]

[bifelicitys]

I wish you wore a costume. Well, I, uh… I did bring something.

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

just once I want to see a good post critiquing makeup culture that doesn’t turn out to be made by some janky radfem blog

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

oh hey!! I’m not a janky radfem I can do it myself!

makeup culture is wack and normalizes a ludicrously high bar as the bare minimum women can do. I saw a “lazy"makeup tutorial the other day that listed 22 separate goddamn products. you’re supposed to buy and know how to use 22 different things on your face just for the privilege of being considered lazy and that’s uuuuuuh what’s the word? bullshit.

[kadegreene]

Really, five products could work, even 3. Just frame the face, eyes, lips, and you’re done.

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

0 products also works great

because I’m gonna be real here, the idea that 22 products is a minimum sucks but it’s really upsetting that any amount of makeup is the bare minimum at all

[thealienssayhello-deactivated20]

I would really just suggest some powder foundation, concealer, mascara and lipgloss/lipstick, or tbh just mascara works too, but that’s up to you

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

I’m sorry if I didn’t express this clearly enough in the original post but I’m not really looking for more concise makeup regiments. my intention was to point out how it’s Bad that makeup is considered a bare minimum at all, regardless of individual feelings on the matter

[sev-wildfang]

no face should be “required” to have “a minimum” of makeup. makeup has no health benefits and does nothing but fill the pockets of companies that prey on women and our insecurities.

makeup should not be seen as hygiene because it isnt. get that shit out of your head.

[nostrem]

this post: makeup culture is ridiculous and 22 products should not be considered a minimum requirement for someones face. no one should have to do that

the notes: so like……. what youre saying is……. we need to make the minimum about 5 or 6 instead… i gotcha

[concurrent-sufferings]

Really the only makeup you need is eyeliner but that’s just my personal opinion

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

okay

where did we lose you

[grantwilson]

why are people like this

[peelingmandarins]

the greeks at the gates of troy

[teathattast]

[thrashersasuke]

Sasuke Uchiha at the 2019 Met Gala

[teaboot]

One time a guy and I were having an argument and he pulled a knife on me, and because I’m a dumbass idiot my response was to take out MY knife and go “what now, genius?” And what happened next was we just stood there for ten straight minutes not moving because niether of us wanted to put the knife down first and basically that’s our entire international situation regarding nuclear weapons

[iameatingrocks]

What happened afterwards?

[teaboot]

My mom showed up

[homunculus-argument]

Story idea: The most wanted woman in town has announced that she’ll only marry the one who can open her front door with the key around her cat’s neck. Many men try to hunt the cat down, chase and trap it, but to no avail, the cat is simply too quick, smart and clever, and always finds a way to evade and avoid them.

 You are the first one to figure out the obvious: Do not chase the cat. The cat is befriendable. Get the cat to trust you, to genuinely enjoy your company, and you can hang out with the cat. You may eventually be allowed to touch the cat. The cat will freely let you take the key.

 Secondary plot twist: The woman is a shapeshifter. She is the cat.

[browntiger15-deactivated2020110]

That’s some legit fairy tale level shit right there.

[endreal]

Being a shapeshifter probably explains how the most wanted woman in town keeps breaking out of increasingly elaborate prisons in her quest for true love.

[just-antithings]

I’m black magic!

[asterosian]

I’m crying, my hero name is Mister Fantasy

[osterfields-deactivated20181007]

y’all: peter was able to stop bucky’s fist in civil war bc bucky heard peter’s voice, realized he was a child, then weakened his punch bc he was so worried about hurting a child uwu

me, eating pistachios: y’all know peter can canonically lift up to 75 tons, right. y’all know bucky’s fist is easy as hell for peter to block, right. y’all know bucky didn’t know shit about peter being a child and was just shocked that someone was able to so easily block his punch, right. y’all know that, right.

[nervousangelconnoisseur-deactiv]

naw fuck that bucky’s punches aren’t easy to block, it’s WAY funnier if peter blocked a full force punch from bucky, who only a few seconds later realizes he’s a kid as soon as peter opens his mouth

that’s the face of a man who went from “holy shit he blocked my punch?” to “holY SHiT a 12 YEARoLD BLOCKED mY PUNCH???” in 3 seconds flat.

[gayingupspace]

Next second is “i triED TO PUNCH A CHILD”

[brucie-deactivated05092020-deac]

[izukudmidoriyaarchive-deactivat]

[gayspiderbaby-deactivated201909]

i physically can’t scroll past this post

[gaysun-deactivated20230205]

Zuko’s scar is different than the typical villain’s scar bc it’s not an ambiguous sign of past violence but an explicit symbol of his father’s abuse - rather than making him seem tougher for no reason it shows that at his heart he’s just a traumatized child and not a villain at all. In this essay I will

[nasmora]

Give us the essay op