Resurrected

back on tumblr since god knows how long

[ccasino]

Thanks for tolerating me!

[rosenkranz-does-things]

Standard trainee response: Unknown

[avengerraven]

In Defence of Buttercup

Buttercup’s supposed passiveness is the crux of most critiques of The Princess Bride. But I’d argue that Buttercup acts in her own interests throughout the movie, making moves to secure her own future from her position of powerlessness. For the entirety of the movie barring the first and last scenes, Buttercup is a captive. She has to marry Humperdink in accordance with the law- she has no choice. In this moment we see her at her most passive. She’s accepted that he will marry her regardless of her feelings and she seeks her happiness in other places. Then she gets kidnapped. From that moment to the end of the movie Buttercup gets passed back and forth as the trophy everyone fights over. However, she doesn’t sit idly by. She attempts to escape Vizzini by jumping overboard into eel infested waters. That’s a brave move. She doesn’t know who is on the other ship she swims towards. She only hopes they won’t kill her like Vizzini plans to. Her failure doesn’t negate the bravery of her actions. Then she defies Wesley before she knows his identity. She tries to kill him by pushing him down the hill. He turns his back for one second and she makes a move against a man who she thinks will likely kill her. She saves Wesley when they exit the forest. Yes, it backfires, but she doesn’t know that. From that point on, Buttercup makes deals and argues with Humperdink in an attempt to get out of her betrothal. She uses any argument in her arsenal. It doesn’t work because she doesn’t know what he has planned for her.

Do you notice a theme? Because as I wrote this I noticed that Buttercup makes moves without context, which is why her escapes never work. She is a character acting without the information to succeed. That’s not her fault. That’s not passivity. That’s plot. The plot actively works against Buttercup freeing herself. So maybe we cut her some slack.

[abigailspinach]

“The world demands I make good choices on no information, and then blames my maidenhood for my mistakes, as if my maidenhood were responsible for my ignorance. Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.”

- The Curse of Chalion

[lesbianbreadwhore]

[n1t6g251436]

[inwardhardar]

[possibility-for-joy]

mark: what does she want? does she want me dead?

helena: i want the dick, mark. the dick. helly got dicked down today but I didn’t and that is not fair so i am out here hunting for the same treatment she got. the only death i want from you is la petite mort.

[zufutruther]

helena eagan - are you satisfied by marina

[mistressaccost]

i think mark can cook. okay. i think he’s average competent to maybe even a little skilled and has some really good go to recipes. yeah we’ve never seen him cook but that doesn’t mean shit. we’ve also never seen him read a book (i don’t even think owns one anymore?) but he used to be a professor. so not cooking, not reading….its all a part of his depressed grief shit. underneath. he can cook. and he will cook a fat ribeye for helena and get hard watching her eat it.

[dinkykate]

the way he turns back to scowl at her before lurching away after chucking his little tantrum is so goddamn funny

[markhellyarchives]

Adam Scott in front of the "The Exalted Victory of Cold Harbor" mural via Apple TV

[alicentlesbian]

helena eagan - valentine

[zufutruther]

no i didn’t spend an egregious amount of time drafting this pet play markhelena fic what are you talking about

https://archiveofourown.org/works/68735601

[eelworm]

Meow-crodata Refinement.

[heiiyr]

[zufutruther]

i love girlfailure helena eagan

a repost from my twitter follow me @zufutruther

[girlfailure-helena]

the more I look at this the more I get insane about it. The zufu table and lights are 1:1 the Lumon Hallway, and the innies are inside that hallway, but the walls on the sides are not there in the zufu shot, instead, that's where the outies are. Mark S and Helly are deeply in love with each other and are stuck inside those hallways, and on the outside, Mark Scout and Helena meet in the restaurant, they are strangers, but the love that the innies feel is still inside them, they can feel it even if they're not aware of it fully. It's such an amazingly creative way to do a literal parallel representation of inside vs outside, that it's remarkable

[kennethbrangh]

ADAM SCOTT in The Vicious Kind (2009)