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I'm starting an exciting new adventure today, but dont know how much access I'll have to phones/internet/etc. So if I end up falling off the edge of the world for a few months, dont be alarmed - and for your trouble, here's the world's tiniest pomegranate that I grew on my porch this year:

generaldeepthroat

I saw a post yesterday wanting more Kylux kisses. Now I can’t find it but here’s yet more of that Ex-Paratrooper Hux/Force Sensitive Kylo Modern Cryptids AU.

I’m pretty sure Kylo owns no casual clothes with sleeves…

#a classic

lawaspita

How to: break my heart. A tutorial by Mad Max: Fury Road

bookishandi

Let’s talk about this scene a little, because I noticed a particular detail in my last viewing that’s had me buzzing and buzzing crying a lot.

Let’s start with the obvious: the whole film Nux has wanted to establish his life has some meaning by dying “historic on the Fury Road.” Of course, all his previous efforts were attempts to continue things the way they were–in Immortal Joe’s terms. Thus, those deaths would not have really been historic. They would have been forgotten, just another blip in the status quo. In crashing the rig and allowing the wives to return to the Citadel, Nux does in fact fulfill his wish to die historic–without his actions, the wives likely would not have been able to return to the city and enact the changes they inevitably do. His death matters in a way none of the other deaths in the film do–it matters to changing the future, and thus becomes an important part of the future Citadel’s history.

Nux only knows how to do that in his own terms, though–the terms of the War Boys. Thus, his death only gains significance if it is witnessed. For Nux, the action itself is not as important as it being seen and acknowledged. This makes a lot of sense in terms of Immortal Joe’s world and its patriarchal structure. Individuals are not important, actions don’t matter unless they are showy and seen–all life boils down not to meaningful actions but to showing off.

But here’s why this film is a feminist masterpiece, and why this scene in particular cements that: Capable’s reaction.

Capable does witness him. She locks eyes and acknowledges the significance of his action, of his inevitable death. But she doesn’t respond like one of the War Boys–when the War Boys die asking to be witnessed, the others respond yelling “Witnessed!” This answer does say, “I have seen your action, it matters,” but hollered with usual the War Boy bravado, it also acts as an attempt for the witnessing War Boys to build up their own importance by making themselves part of the action.

Capable does not yell “Witnessed.” She responds with a gesture–holding her hand out and pulling it toward her heart. This is the Vuvalini’s gesture of mourning–a beautiful gesture that essentially mimics pulling the lost soul into one’s own heart. Capable has only just learned this gesture, but she seems to innately understand its significance. Thus, while she witnesses Nux’s death, she refuses to “witness” him in the sense of the War Boys and instead mourns him in the manner of the Vuvalini. Nux likely sees this–the editing implies he doesn’t turn the rig until after he’s seen the gesture. Thus, he knows he is witnessed, but more importantly, he knows that he will be mourned and remembered. With that knowledge, he finally has the strength and the worthy reason to sacrifice his life for a cause that matters.

This moment is also the moment Immortal Joe’s power is officially broken. Yes, Joe is dead, but Rictus and a whole gang of War Boys and their ilk are photon their wheels, ready to re-establish the status quo. In many ways it is a transfer of power–the last call to witness leads to the first time the Wives truly embrace the culture and ideology of the Vuvalini as their guiding principle. Joe’s power is broken not so much by the explosion–though that is certainly the blunt force that finishes the deal. Joe’s power is broken by self sacrifice–a self-sacrifice born not of bravado or the hope of becoming a legend, but one born of community, of love, of hope. Capable’s response guarantees that Nux’s sacrifice will be honored and remembered, but in a new way in their new world.

#goddamn this movie #must rewatch soon #mad max

airmercury

#i just told a darkly funny anecdote about a friend accidentally digging up her mother in law...#in front of my brother's fiance whose mother died less than a month ago #hi i put my foot in my mouth every fucking time i open it and i shouldn't be allowed near people

macden

it’s okay.

#always sunny #just fuck me right up

flurgburgler

Some old pirate husbands commissioned by @significanceofmoths

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#it's the lads #black sails

finnreyultd

Sweet Peanuts at Rest. (Rey and Finn alternate on who gets to be big spoon).

Done on commission by the amazing @jiinsy!

@finnreyfridays

shaggyrogers

The Lobster (2015) dir Yorgos Lanthimos

youdidnotseeme

Ghosty

soundsof71

Elton John on Freddie Mercury.

(I’m posting this less to correct the timeline portrayed in Bohemian Rhapsody, which I mostly really enjoyed, than simply to share a beautiful story that shines light on who Freddie actually was, up to the very end.)