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Princess Mononoke’s mother wolf Moro and Howl’s Moving Castle’s Witch of the Waste are both voiced by a famous singer and drag queen Akihiro Miwa.

Akihiro Miwa (born in 1935) is one of the most prominent queer icon in Japanese history, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki (his hometown) during WW2.

This clip is from a document How Princess Mononoke Was Born (1998)

Here’s a video clip of the finishes scene in the movie between Moro and Ashitaka.

everythingfox

Hungry baby

everythingfox

The best musician

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tiktoksthataregood-ish

valtsv

"inception is a scifi film" "inception is weird" "what's the point of inception" it's a story about death, and grief, and acceptance. it's a ghost story.

valtsv

every change you make to the landscape is felt like a physical wound that your mind revolts against to defend itself, throwing up waves that reveal as much as they wash away. guilt haunts you as a physical presence. grief drives you deeper into yourself like a knife. you try to escape your past by diving into a world where reality can be whatever you want it to, but find yourself dragged kicking and screaming into memories and reminders no matter where you go or how far you run. the deeper you go, the closer you get, until you wash up on the shores of your own consciousness and are confronted with everything you tried to bury. you're waiting for a train. a train that will take you far away. you don't know where this train will take you. but it doesn't matter, because you'll be together. you have to believe this. it's all you have left to cling to. but if you wait too long you can get lost in yourself and become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone. so what will you do? where will you go? will you continue to run, hide, waste your life away as a fugitive, haunted by your mistakes and waging a pointless war against yourself when there's no other side to escape to? or will you finally face reality, acknowledge the past that has hurt you so much, and try to make something better of the future?

myxinidaes

Mountain Goats Guy end of year threads, for someone else who might need them tonight or any other night:

2018- every day above ground a good day

2019- a benediction

2020- for Howard and Bob, who didn't make it through the year, and for you, who did.

2021- so I was washing potatoes last night, and I got excited

2022- be ready for when the moment comes to say to yourself: I don't have to feel that anymore unless I want to

Happy 2023, everyone

hanamakis

yourdadsghoulfriend

the very last second made it, tbh

polkadot-cookie

hedyke-remaking

drtanner

THIS IS IT, THIS IS THE FUCKING VIDEO THAT GOT SPAMMED ALL OVER THIS FUCKING WEBSITE WHEN TUMBLR INTRODUCED AUTOPLAY ON VIDEOS. JUST REAMS AND REAMS OF THIS FUCKING THING GOING OFF ONE AFTER THE OTHER AS YOU SCROLLED.

Fucking magical times.

tylha

maybe i am too old for tiktok

sabrinareno

My son once came back from a record shop visit with his uncle and with wide eyes and excited smile presented me with a cassette tape. “Look what I found!” As though he’d unearthed ancient pottery at a dig sight.

I love it. I love when my kids discover something that I take for granted. I hear songs with new ears because they are in a state of wonder. My son played me “Paint it Black” the other day, I’m like yeah Rolling Stones so what? And then I see his face and that LOOK like he just discovered sunsets and he’s like yeah but listen to this part, listen to the guitar right here - and I hear a song anew. Like watching a puppy see a bird for the first time, and oh oh right yeah birds are fucking amazing, forgot about that.

geoffreytoday

#finally a comment that doesn’t have disdain for kids discovering old things #isn’t it cool that someone didn’t know Queen and they got to hear it for the first time? #isn’t it cool to witness that excitement?

I think this is largely why “react” channels on YouTube have become so popular. Watching someone experience something you love for the first time is exciting. Rediscovering that thing through their eyes is also exciting.

livebloggingmydescentintomadness

i feel compelled to add this video of a nigerian (i think?) man listening to bohemian rhapsody for the first time, because it is an experience of such pure joy.