[nctlegacy]

JENO for Dazed Korea (April 2023)

[stars-bean]

The Devil Wears Prada (2006) dir. David Frankel

[ghost-in-the-corner]

One thing I appreciate about Barbie was the emphasis on age.

I was emotional when Barbie told the old woman how beautiful she was, and when Ruth came in and helped her become human.

It was also the fact that America Ferrera was the one having the crisis that caused Barbie to do the same.

The whole concept of the toy doesn't end in childhood. Cause she is an idea; Barbie is forever. She's everything. She's meant to inspire women to keep going for what they dream. You don't age out of these ideas, they grow with you, just like how Margot Robbie grew with America Ferrera.

[unfuckablebogtroll]

And also the way Barbie and Ken are role playing heterosexuality without any inherent sexuality of their own, without any understanding of what it means, or even any genitals at all! Just pretty-girl + handsome-guy = obviously a couple. And the way it fucks them both up! Because they’re both stereotypes, neither of them is a specialist version, no brain surgery or pilots license or Nobel prize for either of them. They’re just assigned the roles of Every Man and Every Woman. And Ken ends up doing Way Too Much because he’s hanging his entire self-worth on being important to Barbie. And Barbie just isn’t interested in him, she was assigned a boyfriend she didn’t ask for and doesn’t want and doesn’t know what to do with, just because that’s what society expects of men and women, that they will necessarily couple up and fall in love because… that’s what they do. Regardless of any personal quality of either party.

It’s about heteronormativity and amatonormativity and the unrealistic expectations society sets boys and girls up for from infancy. Barbie and Ken are every pair of toddlers sharing a sandbox while the adults around them call them each other’s little “boyfriend” or “girlfriend” even though neither party understands or is capable of understanding the implied meaning of that. Or wants to.

It’s a literal funhouse mirror of that weird pressure put on kids to perform heterosexuality from an early age. It examines how that leaves us unprepared for the complicated reality of actual relationships even if it turns out that you are heterosexual and do want sex and romance. Boys and girls aren’t really allowed to be just kids on the same team, so they grow up into men and women who generally want very different things from each other and are trained to look for it in everybody because anybody is better than nobody, and try to force it to work.

Barbie and Ken letting each other go in the end was perfect. Barbie the Every Woman realizing that she doesn’t have to be special, she just has to be, and Ken the Every Man realizing he has to seek validation elsewhere and lean on his fellow Kens for emotional support, WHICH THEY GIVE.

Truly a movie of all time.

[yourartur]

Humans only have one ending. Ideas live forever ✨💧💖

Ig arthurshahverdyanart

[stars-bean]

The Devil Wears Prada (2006) dir. David Frankel

[tending-the-hearth]

the fact that their relationship is so painfully underrated when it's possibly one of the most important relationships in the entire movie series.

they were the first two to enter into Narnia, and from the moment they find themselves there, they become representations of the two sides, Lucy as Aslan's, and Edmund as Jadis'. they grow from being the furthest apart of the four to being the closest, Lucy bringing Edmund back to the light and him being able to rely on his sister. They're the most physically affectionate duo (after Peter and Lucy), and in "Voyage of the Dawn Treader", they're basically able to read each other's minds and trust in each other wholeheartedly.

and don't even get me started on the fact that Lucy is so connected to Edmund's domain, and Edmund is just as connected to Lucy's domain, so much so that during their time as rulers, unless someone knew their full titles, they probably got the domains mixed up.

they share everything with each other, and know each other's worst fear and their nightmares, and now I'm thinking about the fact that, when the train started to derail, Edmund and Lucy just looked at each other, and he immediately pulled her into his arms, hugging her as tightly as he possibly could, and Peter grabbed the two of them and held them close, because they knew what was about to happen, they knew things were going wrong, so all they can do is just hold each other and wait for the inevitable.

[misspiggyobv]

honestly when u think about it edmunds biggest flaw was caring too much…..whether it was about feeling superior to peter for the first time in his life or desperately needing validation…. he was also a bit stupid nd naïve but yknow

[unattainablesillygoose]

Random thought but Edmund didn't actually 'turn in' Mr Tumnus. He didn't know who the White Witch was or that she was evil and wasn't the rightful ruler of Narnia. He just said his sister was there once before and met a man named Mr Tumnus. She was again manipulating the situation to make Edmund look bad. Like bitch leave my baby alone 🤚

[applesandpavenders]

[maybemacdc]

was there no one to protect you?

[silveme]

Love this creature. The Dot

[bidet-of-evil]

Matthias knew monsters, and one glance at Kaz Brekker had told him this was a creature who had spent too long in the dark – he’d brought something back with him when he’d crawled into the light.

[picspammer]

The Bear Season 1 Directed by Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo

[bartonbones]

girls will say they’re fine but then their motifs are fire, knives, and wild animals

[obsidiancreates]

Gus's priorities are so funny to me. "Oh god! Shawn's been shot and taken hostage! We have to do everything we can to save hi-! Jump onto my car to escape the truckbed of your kidnapper? Hell no, this is a company car." And the best part is Shawn respects that boundary and takes extra time out of his hostage escape to wobble tot he other side of the truckbed to jump on Lassie's instead.

Gus said "Your life is important to me but I could get fired," and Shawn said "Understandable, see you when we stop." Two halves of a whole idiot.

[kuurake]

patchwork boy!!!!! i listened to the six of crows audiobooks recently and jesper became my fav crow immediately