Julia Roberts' looks in Pretty Woman (1990) dir. Garry Marshall

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Julia Roberts' looks in Pretty Woman (1990) dir. Garry Marshall
honestly yall just gotta be comfortable reading books that make you feel stupid
read books that you don't understand. read books where you have to pay attention. read books that make you reread a page eight times to figure it out. read books that you need to take notes on. read books with words you have to google. read books that don't make sense without research on the setting. read books that make you feel stupid because otherwise you'll just be stupid.
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Canât believe straw boy stans got mad at you for that. I thought the fandom has joked about him having various vegetables done there for decades? A normal penis is such a copout and itâs cowardly to try to pretend otherwise. And thereâs always strap ons and dildos! Now, what there really isnât a workaround for is kissing of either set of lips. Those straw lips look so scratchy
Now see, first of allâŠamazing, I love the way you think. Strap-ons are always a fantastic option which Iâm sure the Emerald City has a delightful if potentially alarming array of, and I too have reservations about making out with a burlap bag.
Second of all, in fairness, the crack post I made wasnât JUST about the boyâs lack of functioning penis, it was goofing on the âlooking at things a different wayâ line, which is APPARENTLY a matter of serious contention I very honestly was previously unaware of. Like it is a Whole Thing, I have since discovered. Unfortunately, by ending my crack post on a dysfunctional penis joke, I fear I hit something of a soft spot, for lack of a better term. Since that very ill-fated day, I have learned that thereâs a bit of a cultural difference in varying corners of the Wicked fandom. As follows:
Among Elphaba and Glinda enjoyers/gelphie shippers, it is customary to brutally bully both girls, write long analyses about them, make fun of them, emotionally skewer them, wistfully imagine what-if scenarios, then go right back to bullying them, all whilst drawing little glitter hearts around them.
NOT SO for the straw boy stans, for whom I have learned that boy is a noble, self-sacrificing Christlike figure, of which the goofing-upon is a sin punishable by firing squad (or a strongly-worded essay I received which honestly in an academic setting would get a D-minus at best - speaking of being minus a D, Fiyercrow doesnât have a functioning penis)
Frankly, I LOVE the idea that once upon a time there were straw boy enjoyers who joked about which vegetable our boy is equipped with, those sound like my kind of people. Unfortunately, I think those people were probably fans of the stage play, back when Wicked was for theater nerds only. Now that itâs a blockbuster smash hit, the larger fandom has become something of a battleground for stan culture, performative leftism, non-existent ship wars, and rampant bigotry from straight women who are devastated that Wicked centers around the relationship between two very different women changing each other amidst political strife, rather than being a straightforward romance about a misunderstood outcast girl who fights evil with her hot boyfriend Jonath- I mean Fiyero.
I love the idea that many eons ago, I might have been friends with a Fiyero enjoyer, and we might have covered the important questionsâImportant questions such as: Was Fiyeroâs public role propagating a military presence across Oz morally defensible if ultimately it was done for love? And: Would it be funny to call Fiyercrowâs plant penis a cumquat, or is that low-hanging fruit?
In a similar vein: Are Fiyeroâs actions in Act 2 largely selfless as they revolve around devotion to Elphaba and culminate in self-sacrifice for her escape, or are they largely selfish as he uses his position and privilege to fight NOT for Elphabaâs cause, but for Elphabaâs affection, while simultaneously stringing along another woman and being the poster boy for the dictatorâs task force? Also: If you write Elphaba and Fiyercrow porn, is it called cornography?
Along those lines: In what way is Fiyeroâs new perspective on beauty superior to Glindaâs new perspective on morality, and does gender play a role in the verdict? Also: If Fiyercrow gets an STD and develops a temperature because of it, do they call it hay fever?
Important questions, and I feel like maybe old-school theater weirdo Fiyero fans would at least humor me, even if they rightfully found me somewhat irksome. But instead we are in movie-verse militant stan territory, where everyoneâs angry and snarly and no one finds my horticultural genitalia antics endearing.
Alas. Cultural misunderstanding, lads, Iâm used to playing a bit rougher with my faves in the gelphie corner of the fandom, I truly meant no ill will. May peace flourish between our two nations, etc, etc.
(that saidâŠfiyercrow still doesnât have a functioning penis)
Imagine seeing this absolute goddess of a woman
and when she expresses insecurity about her appearance, rather than falling to your knees and reiterating in plain language that she's the most beautiful woman ever to breathe air, you say "It's not LYING....it's looking at things a different way đ"
Like I'm not saying Fiyero deserved to be beaten to death, I'm just saying mayyyyyybe he a little bit deserved being punched in the head a bunch of times and then magically deprived of a functioning penis.
Alas...'twas but a lighthearted jest.......yet the stans found me and they are most displeased..........đ
EVERY actor is problematic why would you seek wisdom and moral guidance in a hollywood actor are you insane
Florence Welch saying "its funny how men don't find power very sexy / so this one's for the ladies / do I drive you crazy?" is possibly the most anyone has ever clocked their audience ever of all time
ursula k le guin said sci fi/fantasy does not have to be about giant wars or battles of good and evil or galactic disaster; it is best served as a lens through which to examine what is actually intrinsic to the human condition and what, once removed a few layers from our own perceptions & assumptions, begins to fall apart. and she was correct.
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The thing about character design theory is I really think we shouldnât just keep reinforcing our âthis is what a sneaky and untrustworthy character looks like, this is what a threatening and intimidating character looks like, this is what an innocent character worth protecting looks like, this is what a smart and competent character looks like, this is what a man looks like vs what a woman looks likeâ conventions like theyâre innate human wiring that we tap into scientifically and not like, heavily societal
NOT staying in the tags on my watch
go listen to linger by the cranberries
we are losing the ancient art of full song-length amvs so bad. i keep seeing banger edits that just cut off at 30 seconds what are u doing FINISH THE SONG!!!!
saw someone on tiktok say they didnât watch a 40 second edit because it was TOO LONG. we as a society canât go on like this
JODIE COMER ph. Elizaveta Porodina Modern Weekly China, June 2024
it's so wild to me that you absolutely cannot force a hyperfixation to happen. like you'll watch the most perfectly tailor-made-for-you content that everyone says you'll love and feel absolutely nothing, and then the thing you watch on a whim to fill time will reach through the screen and put its damn fingers in your brain and start rearranging the neurons right in front of you and every single time you're like THIS??? THIS??????? and this happens like every 6-12 months forever
Isnât she the sweetest little disgruntled thing ever
WICKED DEEP DIVE part 4: The Wizard and I
[part 1] [part 2] [part 3]
I've talked about Elphaba's hidden need to be seen. What happens when she finally gains someone's undivided attention? And no, this is not about Glinda yet, although we'll get there. First there is a certain MM (flip it around) who, as the kids say, love-bombs our sweet girl for sinister purposes.
Morrible's sliminess prompts one of my favorite I Want songs of all time, unique because its apparent hopefulness hides so much foreshadowing and heartbreak. TWAI has been plenty discussed in the past two decades so here I'll focus more on Cynthia's acting choices and on whatever chaotic thing Jon M. Chu was doing.
(I know, NOMTW is the first song, but I'll cover it chronologically at the end of movie two)