Dishonor on you! Dishonor on your cow!

Disney sideblog Former WDW CM Personal: mangoesandstuff

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DOOMSDAY IS COMING. Avengers: Doomsday 12.18.2026, dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo

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2D animation test for Pixar's Hoppers by Lorenzo Fresta circa 2020

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Concept art for Pixar's Hoppers by Kerascoët

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Concept art for Pixar's Hoppers

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Visual development for Pixar's Hoppers by Kerascoët

[detectivehole]

emperor kuzco was clearly gay

[detectivehole]

hes 19, with unlimited power, and he ain’t got a gf. the only time we see him interact with any women his own age is when he’s rejecting like 7 of them rapid fire. he pretends to date pacha in a gag that lasts like 10 solid minutes. listen to me god damnit

[qqueenofhades]

Okay, but just in case anyone is coming to tumblr dot com for my hot takes on 20+ year old kids' movies: Kuzco super WAS gay (or at least coded as such) and of course, I didn't get it until I watched it as a gay grownup.

He is played obviously camp and dramatic, for a start, and there is the aforementioned "hate your hair/not likely/yikes yikes yikes/let me guess you have a great personality" summary dismissal of all his potential brides. Then he spends dinner asking Yzma about Kronk ("so he seems nice? He's what, in his late twenties?") and otherwise being slightly obsessed with him.

Then there is the whole Adventure of Doom with Pacha, him being ever huffy about the Kiss of Life, and then the restaurant gag where Kuzco takes to playing Pacha's fake wife and dressing up in ladies' clothing with great gusto (reinforced by the waitress' "bless you for coming out in public" remark when Pacha says they're on their honeymoon). Then when he is finally de-llamafied, we don't see him paired off with the obligatory girl from the lineup earlier, as might otherwise be expected in a Disney movie. Instead he is still single, but goes to found family it up with Pacha, Chica, Kronk, etc, which dare we remark is a very queer trope.

In short, I have no idea how a Disney movie with no white people (all the characters are Indigenous/people of color), a gay king, cross-dressing jokes, and the most offbeat plot of all time actually ever got made (can you imagine the Family Friendly Mouse doing that today? Let us also talk about Kronk because he is a brilliant deconstruction of both toxic masculinity and the musclebound henchman stereotype.) Other than that this was the Chaos Hour of animated movies in the late 90s/early 2000s, and yes.

So yes. There you have it. I will not be taking criticism at this time.

[flavinbagel]

In response to the question “How did a movie like this get made at all much less by fucking Disney?” there was a recent Vulture article that outlines the whole shit show of a history behind this film according to everyone (writers, directors, VAs, Stings) involved. The gist of the story is that they fucked up making a whole, true-to-form Disney musical that never came to see the light of day SO BADLY that Disney switched directors, locked the writer’s room, and didn’t review a single script until weeks after the film was in theaters.

Please, read this article if you have some time. This story is wild, and involves directors being pitted against each other Bake-Off style and a shockingly intimate documentary created by the wife of Sting who, himself was heartbroken by the decimation of the songs he wrote for the film including cutting a fantastic Yzma villain song sung by Eartha Kitt that is SO DAMN GOOD but would not ever have fit the more nailed-down Yzma we would eventually come to know and love. It’s so catchy though, I’m doubling up on calls to action but please listen now:

[theterriblethingabouttulio]

holy shit read the article. it’s worth it and completely batshit

[kat-witha-k]

This is fucking insane

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[mod2amaryllis]

I've never adequately appreciated the batshit brilliance of this joke, I've taken it for granted

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World Heritage Post

[emsdrawsthings]

‘Let’s ride our bike!’ she said

‘It will be fun!’ she said

just practice but i laughed so hard

[aminetko]

I fear I’ll never stop thinking about them…

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Background art for Cinderella (1950) from the Walt Disney Animation Research Library

“Cinderella’s background paintings remind me of grand stage sets for a Viennese Operetta by Johann Strauss. Everything is exaggerated in order to enhance a dreamlike, sentimental mood. The movie was made on a shoestring budget, yet its visual presentation is opulent and luscious. You combine that with rich storytelling, and you get a classic for the ages.” - Andreas Deja

[the-east-art]

I love this Duo so much

[srapsodia]

anti form looks so damn cool!!

[cosclaire]

The World’s Greatest Archer 💜🏹

Check out my Tiktok @cosclaire for more Kate Bishop! Slowly getting back into the swing of cosplay, starting with a favorite of mine!

[lovewillthaw-j]

Magical spheres

[ifthesewings--couldfly]

Matangi Concept Art by Kevin Nelson

[onetwofish]

cocochicken！！

[randomnoteforfuturereference]

What stood out with Moana 2 was a further exploration of Pacific culture. Two points especially stood out in highlighting the diversity within that vast expanse.

The first was when Moana came across a shard of pottery. That was most likely a reference to the Lapita, who were the ancestors of many Pacific Islander cultures. As they spread across the ocean, they brought pottery technology with them, refining techniques and intricate designs in the process. However as time progressed and the civilization expanded, pottery would get supplanted by weaving and carving technology, with some spots dropping it all together. So it was a good touch that Moana didn't even recognize the material, though she recognized that it was human-made.

The second was at the end when they meet other islanders. Especially the first ones who is clearly Melanesian, as opposed to our Polynesian main characters. That crew being Melanesian was shown not just in their dark skin but also their boat; that very distinctive crab claw sail and hull structure evoking the tepukei of the Solomon Islands.

I would love to know what cultures the other boats/envoys were supposed to represent.

Overall, it was great that they leaned more into Pacific Islander culture, and I hope that if more works are created, they will pursue this line further.

[womeninfictionandirl]

Moana & Simea by _croody