welcome to the dollhouse

Nina Constantinova Dobrev → blows out candles every January 9th → currently 24 years young and loving every minute of it ! I'm the girl you've probably seen on Degrassi: The Next Generation as Mia Jones and on The Vampire Diaries as both Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce. I love dancing, gymnastics, theater, music, visual arts, modelling, pulling pranks, and acting. I can't go a day without Starbucks and I'm a huge book nerd. The Harry Potter series has captured my heart. Vampires and all things supernatural are my weakness. If you can breathe, then I'm sure we can be friends! “ She’s the one who will throw her arms around you, take a picture, put it in a frame and send it to you as a gift. She’s that sweet, nice girl who encourages people to hang out and have fun. Julie Plec, TVD executive producer, to TV Guide Magazine → ROLEPLAYING BLOG || I am not the real Nina Dobrev.

[culpers]

What’s your name, man?

[tlematimun]

[dreamwoks]

LONG LIVE THE KING (part 1)

[quadribol-blog]

[dreamydisney-blog]

[etrewild]

Former Disneyland mermaid, Edie, shares what it was like to don a tail and swim in the happiest place on earth:

Being a professional mermaid for Walt was nothing to take lightly.  The Productions Department measured us from hip to toe for neoprene tails, complete with large flukes, and green starfish bras.  We were taught to slither into the Submarine Lagoon from a hidden chamber and dolphin kick underwater to magically surface in the center of the pool.  There we sat on a rock and untangled our hair with immense blue and yellow plastic combs, and plucked ersatz lyres. We worked in shifts of two, and traded off hourly. Each time a submarine passed, we dove underwater to frolic about, hang upside down by spinning our tails, and to wave at curious faces plastered against the portholes.  With practice we learned to smile without emitting bubble screens that would distort our faces into repulsive creatures from the deep.  For all this we were paid $1.85 an hour - a whopping net of $59.55 each week. 

[ohwoman]

THE GREATEST JOB EVER

why can’t i be a mermaid

[lipscal]

WHY IS THIS NOT STILL IN DISNEYLAND

[hecallsmepineappleprincess]

They stopped this because the chlorine in the water messed with the girls skin and ppl were trying to jump in after them.

[writing-questions-answered]

Description: Physical Appearance

Anonymous asked: When writing in first person, how can I avoid my character describing themselves in a cliche way? I really want to avoid using a mirror because when I read it in other stories, it makes the characters sound like they’re vain and self-obsessed.

[writing-questions-answered]

Remember that you don’t have to describe your character’s entire appearance in one go. You can drop clues in here and there so that the reader starts to form a mental picture of his or her appearance. You can have another character comment on a feature, like perhaps tease that they’re short. You could have the character compare themselves to a family member: “My sister and I both have my dad’s black hair and my mom’s green eyes.” If your character braids her hair or puts it into a ponytail before she runs, we know she has long hair. If your male character wakes up with bed head, we know they don’t have super short hair. A character who is overweight might wistfully recall a pair of pants that fit well thirty pounds ago. Here are a couple of links that have more thoughts on character description: Describing a Character’s Physical Appearance Six Ways to Describe a Character in First Person Describing Characters

[urbanhrold]

[nina-doll]

PEZOFRP PRESENTS: BUBBLE GUM/PINK INSPIRED COLOR SCHEMES (◔ᴥ◔し)

all gradient maps were made by me

these gradient maps consist of THREE hex codes, i think it's more fun that way - and i hope you do too! 

PSD AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE

[cdygroves]

↳ Faceless Pictures

Maybe you’re looking for faceless pictures for a sidebar or playlist cover or edit IDK but here are a ton. Below the cut there are a lot of faceless pictures, separated by girl/boy/both. There is also a download link here.

[cdygroves]

Read More

[marriedwithhenrycavill]

[salvatore-vampire]

Phoebe Tonkin - Zooey Magazine Fall 2013

[butyouaremymess]

[nina-doll]

When we started casting, we had archetypes in mind, which were Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. We were really looking for Sam to be empathetic, kind, and likeable, and really the audience surrogate. The person who the audience would most see themselves as and really carry the story through their eyes. And that required a really unique likeability. For Dean, we were looking for Han Solo. We were looking for devil-may-care, charismatic, a little rough around the edges, a little edgy, says things that are not always the kindest thing, as long as they’re funny. And that was really what we started out with.

And Jared and Jensen both just so inhabited those parts, and then proceeded to blow us away with how dimensionalized they were. For Jensen, the level of emotion and totally flawed, screwed-to-hell psyche that he brings to Dean, we really are enamored with. This idea that on the surface here’s this Han Solo devil-may-care persona, but when you really scratch beneath the surface, you see that anyone who has that persona has it because they are just so messed up, and that you would have to be so screwed up and damaged to be the person who always jumps first off a cliff.

So, he really brought Dean to life in a really three-dimensional way, and Jared did the same thing with Sam. Yes, Sam was likeable, and the audience surrogate and all the things he was supposed to be, but also angry, and disaffected, and, at times, hilariously funny, loyal, and despondent. He brought in all of these different colors that have really brought these characters to life, which I think is probably very rare for a genre show to have—characters as dimensionalized as ours—and I’m really proud of it. - Eric Kripke [x]

[thegrlnxtdoorandhergingerfriend]

My AP euro teacher wouldn’t let our class watch Les Mis so we barricaded the door and screamed “VIVE LA REVOLUCIÓN” when he tried to get in.

[negaverse-scum]

that is the face of a man who is 24601% done

[xodianna-agron]

That is true, actually. I think it’s best if we just catch up the best we can without mentioning any of the negatives. I don’t want my family stressing out and as much as this place can be dangerous there is part of me that doesn’t want to leave. I think it’s because I made really amazing friends and memories here despite all the bad things. Yeah, he’s alive and I was shocked at first but once he explained it, I understood where he was coming from.

[nina-doll]

I know what you mean-- it's sort of like you summed up all of my feelings toward these past few months in just a few sentences. At this point, I don't really know what would life would be like without you guys. It's not really my place to ask but-- what happened to him? And more importantly, what do you plan to do now?

[nick--j-deactivated20131108]

I now worship the ground you walk on because you remembered the dancing monkeys. Turn that frown upside down, I heard the monkeys wanted to have a dance party with you. 'Cause you’re that awesome.

[nina-doll]

I walk on dirt roads occasionally, N. I don't think anyone should worship those. Smooth talker, aren't you? Makes sense-- considering you and Demi are so smitten with one another. I'll just have a dance party with the monkeys while you fill me in on what I've missed in the fabulous life of Nick Jonas.

[byeeeok]

We should all go there and protest. If they don’t listen then we won’t pay them in pillow chocolates from the hotel. Nope we can’t, that’s already happened plenty of times. No one has, I’m about to go there and see what is going on myself.

[nina-doll]

I have to admit-- I don't even stay in the hotel and I love the pillow chocolates. Always sneak a few out of Zac's room with the promise of not doing so the next day, but they're totally addicting. Zoe, no offense, but if you plan on intimidating them into finishing faster-- maybe you should bring along some ripped bodybuilders or something. You're like a pixie.

[emmawatsonduh]

Oh my god. I think it’s my life’s destiny to go to one. What’s so special about them, anyway?

[nina-doll]

Hm, well, I've heard their bread is really good-- but I don't know much about their menu aside from that. Life's destiny? That's deep. If I can help you in any possible way, Em, just let me know and I'm on it.

[xodianna-agron]

I think we should. They are a really important part of our lives, and sometimes I feel like I don’t call or go visit them as much as I should. I feel like when I do have the time I should. Yeah, we should really leave that whole part out. They might send some out here to pick us up, otherwise. It’s good to have you back! Well it is kind of a little bit complicated to explain what happened but it’s not a bad thing. I guess the only way to say this is that Chord came back a few days ago saying that he figured everything out and he wanted to call the engagement back on.. So he was alive the whole time.

[nina-doll]

No one can fault you for that, doll. We've all been through so much and I can honestly tell you I've never once considered letting them know just how much is going on. Don't want to drag them into the mess that is my life, you know? They'd definitely make us pack our bags and head straight home! All we can really do is check in. I'm sure your family would appreciate as much as mine seems to. Wait-- what. As in blonde-fish-lips-disappeared-out-of-nowhere-and-reported-by-authorities-as-dead is actually alive? I, wow, no words.