Rin the Shadow

I really just want to nerd out and ramble over stuff. (YOB: 1994)

[barcarole]

Hi! I'd like to see different ballet styles, productions and footage, and was wondering if you had links to some of them! Thank you so much.

French Ballet

Pierre Lacotte Reconstructions

La Sylphide 1972 | 2004

Paquita

Coppelia

Giselle

Rudolf Nureyev

Swan Lake

Sleeping Beauty 2005 |2013

Bayadere

Nutcracker 1989 | 2012

Raymonda

Don Quixote 2002 | 2012 (I, II)

Romeo and Juliet

Cinderella

Bournonville Ballet

La Sylphide: Danish Ballet 

Etudes 1969 (II) | 2005

Flower Festival in Genzano Danish Ballet | POB | Mariinksy | Royal Ballet

Napoli

The Kermesse in Bruges

A Folk Tale

The Bournonville School

Russian Ballet

Marius Petipa revivals (originally premiered/staged at the Paris Opera)

> originally by Jules Perrot

La Esmeralda Mariinksy 1982 - 2012

Giselle Bolshoi: 1956 - 1975 | ABT 1969 - 1977 | La Scala | Mariinsky | ENB

> originally by Arthur Saint-Léon

Coppelia Bolshoi (Burlaka/Ratmansky Reconstruction)

> originally by Joseph Mazilier

Le Corsaire Bolshoi (Burlaka/Ratmansky Reconstruction) | Mariinsky

Marius Petipa

La Bayadere  Mariinksy: 1964 - 1979 - 2014 | Bolshoi (Act III)

Don Quixote Bolshoi (I, II, III, IV) (2011) | Mariinsky | Mikhailovsky | ABT

Swan Lake: Bolshoi 1957 - 1983 - 2015 | Mariinsky 1986 - 2007 | Wiener Staatsoper

Sleeping Beauty Mariinsky 1969 | Bolshoi | ROH

The Nutcracker Mariinsky | Bolshoi

Raymonda Mariinsky | Bolshoi | La Scala (Vikharev Reconstruction)

La Fille du Pharaon (Lacotte Reconstruction)

Soviet Ballets

Romeo and Juliet Mariinsky (Lavrovsky) 1955 - 2013 | Bolshoi (Grigorovich) 1979 -  2013

Cinderella

Flames of Paris

Laurencia

Hamlet

Anyuta

Gayane (Armenia) Bolshoi 1980 | Mariinsky 2014

Shurale

Yuri Grigorovich

The Legend of Love

Spartacus 1970 |1977 | 2008

Ivan the Terrible 1975 | 1977 | 2015

The Stone Flower

English Ballet

Frederick Ashton

Sylvia

La Fille Mal Gardee

Swan Lake

Cinderella

The Dream ROH | ABT

La Valse

Kenneth MacMillan

Manon Danish Ballet | Royal Ballet

Romeo and Juliet

Mayerling

Anastasia

Balanchine - American Ballet

Symphony in C: NYCB | POB 

Jewels: NYCB (Emeralds Diamonds)  | Mariinsky

Stravinsky Violin Concerto

Serenade

Agon

Apollo 1960 |1968 | 1979

Theme and Variations: NYCB

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: NYCB | POB

Vienna Waltzes

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux NYCB | Royal Ballet

Ballets Russes

Les Sylphides: Bolshoi | ABT | Kirov | Royal Ballet

Scheherezade

L’Apres midi d’une faune

The Firebird: Mariinsky | Bonus

Le Spectre de la Rose: POB

Petroushka: 1976 | 1992 | 2011

Rite of Spring: Joffrey Ballet | Mariinsky

El Sombrero de Tres Picos

Le Train Bleu

Parade

Les Noces: Royal Ballet | Mariinsky

The Prodigal Son

Documentaries

The Romantic Era

Giselle: A Documentary

Diaghilev

Classical Ballet

Agrippina Vaganova: The Great and Terrible

Ballerina: A Documentary in Four Parts

Tout prés des étoiles

The King Who Invented Dance

The Art of Baroque Dance

The Rite of Spring

The Children of Theatre Street

American Masters: Balanchine

Ballet Heroes

Les Enfants de la Danse

Historic Footage

The Art of Russian Ballet (Dudinskaya/Maximova)

Kirov Ballet Gala 1981

First Moscow International Ballet Competition, 1969

Galina Mezentseva

Irina Kolpakova

Ekaterina Maximova/Vladimir Vasiliev

Bolshoi Ballet, 1967

Maya Plisetskaya Dances, 1964

Yvette Chauviré

Anna Pavlova I | II | III | IV | V

Tamara Karsavina I | II | III | IV

[bubblesbenson]

I am probably one of the few W.I.T.C.H. fans who agree that Cassidy was the original fire guardian and Halinor was the original water guardian.

The reasons the original artist of these fanarts she listed made sense:

“1) The colour: Concerning to the former guardians, they have inverted the colours of their tops referring to the new guardians: Will:pink:Nerissa:green / Cornelia:green:Kadma:pink: / HayLin:green:YanLin:pink: SO... Irma:green:Halinor:pink: / Taranee:pink:Cassidy:green:

2)The clothing: There are three guardians who have nearly the same clothing as the new guardians: Kadma's is nearly identical with Cornelia's; the clothing of Yan Lin is undulanting as Hay Lin's, but it has a very important accessory: the string around the waist. Did you notice that Cassidy's clothing looks nearly the same as Taranee's? Further she got fire-red hair and a nose as big as Taranee has. An other proof: go and look at the picture where Halinor is shown as an elder woman: she looks like Irma!

3) the character: Every member of the guardians has a special characteristic which is combined with their powers: Will/Nerissa (the heart) are the leaders. Cornelia/Kadma have an intricate personality (earth); Hay Lin/Yan Lin are cheerful and fanciful; but we deduce the water guardians to simpleminded and lazy like Irma and the fire guardians seem calm and wise like Taranee. It seems logical to you that the oracle trusted in somebody like Irma and allowed her to take the command? Rather the heart would be trust with Taranee. When Cassidy's ghost appears and talks to Will it's easy to understand that she's a sweet and wise person.

CONCLUSION: One thing is clear: it was a grave mistake that the creators of W.I.T.CH. did not show us the powers of Cassidy and Halinor. But they left a few hints to us to understand.”

Original credit goes to Erisabetta of DeviantArt.

@gretlusky

[getinthecoffin]

do the crosswalk buttons where you live speak to you (accessible for visually impaired ppl)

yes

no

what are you talking about

who knows

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

[rin-the-shadow]

Some do, some don't. So it's hard to pick one option because it varies depending on what part of town I'm in at the moment.

[getinthecoffin]

do the crosswalk buttons where you live speak to you (accessible for visually impaired ppl)

yes

no

what are you talking about

who knows

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

[britishsquidward]

WHO WAS GONNA TELL ME LEGO BATMAN'S ANNIVERSARY VIDEO FROM LAST YEAR GAVE GORSHIN RIDDLER THE CAMEO HE DESERVES??? WHY AM I ONLY SEEING THIS NOW

Also the bomb reference was peak

[saltwaffle]

full offense but none of you would have ever survived fanfiction.net in 2009

[jetru]

remember when writers had to be all like: “omg omg lemon starts HERE” y’all are lucky that ao3 has tags and filters you can set

[domicileensnared]

Sometimes shit was marked “lemon” and it’d just be them making out, and sometimes they’d just start pissing on each other

No rules, no laws, you took your life into your hands opening fics

[frostyemma]

A/N: this contains SLASH, that means TWO MEN, if that makes you uncomfy, DON’T READ!

A/N: please don’t sue me, o anime overlords, I’m not making any money off of this! I’m just a broke student! I don’t have any money!

A/N: I totally wrote this while high off 10 Red Bulls wheeeeeee!!!!!

A/N: COMMENT if you want me to continue the next chappy!!!

[raimagnolia]

No, no, no

remember when there’d be interactions with the author and the characters?

InuYasha: I don’t get why I have to be here for this

A/N: Because it was in your contract!!1!1 *revs chainsaw*

[janekfan]

god those were lawless times. 

[the-apocryphal-one]

[the-goofball]

…

[30-days-witchversary]

2024 Witchversary prompts

As a reminder, 30 days of Witchversary is an annual event for us fans to celebrate W.i.t.c.h.! It runs from 1st-30th October and participants post art, fic(let)s, commentaries, theories, moodboards, clips, screenshots, panels, gifs, meta, headcanons, etc. based on the prompts. If it’s W.i.t.c.h. related and in either the #30daysofwitchversary or the #30 days of witchversary tag, it’ll get reblogged here.

This year’s prompts:

First

Last

Open

Closed

Unique

Matching

Home

Far away

Together

Separate

Safe

Danger

Known

Unknown

Old

New

Question

Answer

Friend

Enemy

Win

Loose

Happy

Sad

Angry

Fear

Confused

Past

Present

Future

You can answer all the prompts on the suggested days or you can work out of order and only do the prompts you like or something in between. (In fact, you can do the prompts in the “off season” between Octobers to do/redo older prompts if you like!) You can combine multiple prompts into one post or post multiple times per prompt. The goal is simply to celebrate W.i.t.c.h. on the leadup to its unofficial birthday (Halloween)!

[30-days-witchversary]

The traditional time for Witchversary approaches (1st-30th October) but there will be no new prompts this year. If any of these prompts take your fancy, or any of the others in our prompts tag, I encourage you to take part.

As always, I will be keeping an eye on the #30 days of witchversary and #30daysofwitchversary tags and will reblog your responses!

[katsumikart]

W.I.T.C.H. stickerssssss

I can't wait to finally hold it in my hands!!

[katsumikart]

W.I.T.C.H. stickerssssss

I can't wait to finally hold it in my hands!!

[luminar-a]

While we wait for Snake Appreciation Month let’s do another important event as a warmup:

SAVE THIS PANEL: DRAW THIS IN YOUR STYLE

This panel appears in Elyon’s special. I know, we all gasped when we turned the page and saw Cedric again after so long (Elyon’s special is in the middle of Arc 2) and then we were all horrified by how Cedric was not given justice even in a panel with such potential because of the portal in the background and the dramatic pose

So help us and SAVE THIS PANEL by making your own version!

Feel free to share your version in a reblog, or make new post and link to this one, and use the tag #snake appreciation month

[goobra]

bro is it parasocial to experience art

[mx-selfdestruct]

[mementojuicebox]

[memoriesofthepark]

Fairy Parachutes 》 Marasmiellus candidus

Found these little cuties under one of the pecan trees at my parents house.

Southeast Texas, 14 July 2025

[teaboot]

No, actually, I don't think my indoor cat would be happier if he could free-roam. For one thing, the feather-toys inside have never died on him mid-playtime, and I feel like that might be a disappointment

[teaboot]

As though predetermined by fate I awoke this morning to Ollie standing on top of my chest, fur slightly-damp, and when I went downstairs to investigate whatever shenanigans he had somehow gotten into I found that the back door had somehow blown open in the night.

He has never had unsupervised access to the outdoors before but it appears he stepped outside, found it to be raining slightly, and decided "fuck this shit, I'm getting Dad"

[teaboot]

I love my fragile son

[getinthecoffin]

who woulge?

saionji kyouichi

saionji hiyoko

Voting ended onJul 4, 2025

[bidonica]

a funny thing about having a Problematic Blorbo is that you'll periodically come across a post along the lines of "um let's not forget that [Blorbo] is a bad person..." listing their various crimes, and if you have a modicum of intellectual honesty you find yourself nodding along and saying yeah it's true... but it's the greyness of their character that makes them so compelling... At the same time though you have a little Saul Goodman in your ear going "your honor in their defense: who cares like omfgggg who caresssssss like come onnnnnn"

[shortace]

People who don't re-read books are so funny to me. "I know what happens"..?? Gurl I know what pizza tastes like, still gonna eat another one. I know what a rainbow looks like, you think that'll stop me running outside, camera in hand, to see the next one?

[tomhordy]

in light of the latest heinous space-tourism trip this week I want to share an important quote from william shatner himself after he made the trip:

"Everything I had thought was wrong. Everything I had expected to see was wrong. I had thought that going into space would be the ultimate catharsis of that connection I had been looking for between all living things—that being up there would be the next beautiful step to understanding the harmony of the universe...I discovered that the beauty isn’t out there, it’s down here, with all of us. Leaving that behind made my connection to our tiny planet even more profound. It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered.

The contrast between the vicious coldness of space and the warm nurturing of Earth below filled me with overwhelming sadness. Every day, we are confronted with the knowledge of further destruction of Earth at our hands: the extinction of animal species, of flora and fauna . . . things that took five billion years to evolve, and suddenly we will never see them again because of the interference of mankind. It filled me with dread. My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral."