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Samantha Mathis in LITTLE WOMEN (1994) dir. Gillian Armstrong
Christian Bale as Theodore "Laurie" Laurence in
Little Women (1994) dir Gillian Armstrong
Well, I’m really not supposed to speak to strangers, but we’ve met before.
If anybody had asked Amy what the greatest trial of her life was, she would have answered at once, “My nose.“ It was not big nor red, it was only rather flat, and all the pinching in the world could not give it an aristocratic point. No one minded it but herself, and it was doing its best to grow, but Amy felt deeply the want of a Grecian nose, and drew whole sheets of handsome ones to console herself.
Laurie + proudly loving the one thing Amy has always been self-conscious about
Samantha Mathis and Christian Bale as Amy March and Theodore Lawrence
LITTLE WOMEN (1994) dir. Gillian Armstrong
Though condemned I am to split you Still I worry that it’s wrong, Though I must fulfill my duty And must quarter every year Still I wonder whether sorting May not bring the end I fear.
Don’t you like it when Harry just…
ron and hermione photographed on the steps of their first home together makes it into the Prophet
Choose violence ask game: 1, 9, 10, and 22 for "Romeo and Juliet"
1. the character everyone gets wrong
Hmm, good question. My first impulse is to say R&J themselves, Romeo in particular, as their (actually complicated) personalities and characters get frequently misinterpreted. But as I’ve already discussed this frequently in my blog, I’ll opt for an unconventional answer: Mercutio himself.
Not in terms of getting his personality wrong (although I’ve seen plenty of angrymacho!Mercutio, childish!Mercutio, and even woobie!Mercutio, curiously enough), but in terms of adaptations taking Mercutio’s POV and opinions and attitude as gospel. Mercutio is portrayed as a guy who not only talks shit but makes up shit as he goes along (re: Tybalt being a poseur duelist and Benvolio having a ~secret hotheaded side). You’re not supposed to take him seriously but enjoy his trash talk for what it is—premier trolling.
Instead adaptations and fanfics accept his POV unquestionably and even accept it as canon (Baz Lurhmann movie introducing him as the Prince of Cats, Benvolio getting portrayed as a macho asshole, etc.). And of course, that’s where most of the Romeo-is-effeminate clownery comes from, even though Mercutio himself doesn’t think this (only that he has gotten pussified by ~love) and canon blatantly contradicts this.
9. worst part of canon
Tough one. Shakespeare’s canon is almost flawless. I guess making Rosaline a Capulet could be considered a plot hole. He did it so that Romeo has the push he needs to go to the party…but technically he could have made Rosaline just a random invitee rather than a Capulet. And Capulet turned out to be very chill with non-Capulet invitees anyway. So yeah, I don’t mind adaptations that make Rosaline into a Montague or a non-related Capulet. This does show Shakespeare’s lack of fucks about the feud beautifully, though.
10. worst part of fanon
I don’t think that this counts as fanon, per se, but I once peeked at some (hopefully non-school mandated) fanfics in AO3 and got a strong whiff of not one, not two, but several Juliet-is-cool-BFFs-with-Bencutio-while-latter-constantly-makes-fun-of-whiny-woobie-Romeo. Oh, God, you guys are killing me. Also, the Macho Action Hero/Strong Female Character(tm) Juliet, but that is part-and-parcel with the overall clownery.
22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores
…People are still sleeping on Juliet’s likening Romeo to a little bird she’d like to tie in a silken thread to pluck around as she pleases and Romeo 110% replying with “I would I were your bird,” huh? You guys really do like your innocently chaste kawaii R&Js. Admit it, these kids are freaks!!!
Nah, just kidding. Well, this is not something everyone ignores as much as miss entirely…but there’s Romeo’s “Let’s talk” when he decides to stay with Juliet after all after their wedding night. The antis always whine about how R&J are just lustful fiends and they are not ~really in love, and this small, almost throwaway line completely disproves it. Romeo decides to stay and his first suggestion about what he and Juliet should do…is to talk. Because he likes talking to Juliet and most likely they did speak through some of the night. Because he clearly wants to know everything about Juliet. Because their love so far has been just that—words—so of course their default is to talk.
You consume happy media when you’re feeling bad? Nah, I consume inescapable tragedies.
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
ROMEO AND JULIET (1968) — dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.
OLIVIA HUSSEY in ROMEO AND JULIET (1968), dir. Franco Zeffirelli
yeah I will never be over that part in deathly hallows when harry visits godric’s hollow and thinks about what it would have been like to grow up there with his parents and by the time he gets to their grave he feels so much grief and despair that not only do we get a rare on-the-page cry but he wishes he was sleeping under the snow with them
A fawn curled up beside a fake deer which is used for target practice
“Grief she could not feel, for there had been too much bitterness between her mother and herself to leave in her heart any deep feeling of affection; and looking back on the girl she had been she knew that it was her mother who had made her what she was.”
— W. Somerset Maugham, excerpt from The Painted Veil
The trees were very vain in the winter. They didn’t care that the world had grown cold and everyone’s life had become more difficult. Covered in white fur, they looked elegant. The snow highlighted the wild, beautiful shapes of their branches. As though they were wearing skimpy nightgowns on their wedding nights.
Heather O'Neill, excerpt from The Capital of Dreams
I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
— W. Somerset Maugham, from The Painted Veil (Heinemann; January 1, 1949) (via The Hammock Papers)
Everyone finds that one random unposed snapshot of their mother from 30 years ago where she is literally the most beautiful woman you've ever seen in your life
lily evans being a nickname person is so special to me. not only do we canonically have “tuney”, “sev”, and “wormy”, but she literally married into a friend group with secret code names.
and there’s literally no limit to her nicknaming ability. I mean, we’re already pushing it with “wormy”—a nickname for a nickname. so why stop there. “jamie”, “pads”, and “moons” when she’s feeling affectionate. “monty” and “effie” for her in-laws. “jimmy” when she just wants to fuck with james. “harold” when it’s three in the morning and she’s sleep-deprived and harry won’t go back to sleep. need I go on.
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Just thinking about how
Ronald Weasley flew a magically enchanted car and ended up reaching his destination totally (ALMOST) safe AT THE AGE OF 12 ?????
Hermione Granger trapped the animagus of the stinky ass reporter who wrote shit about her and her best friend for like 6 months??? A year????
Harry Potter sass-ed out not only like half of the adults in his life but also the minister of magic!???????
How the three of them literally helped hagrid plan AND execute the escape of a legit very very illigal to keep baby dragon!????? AT THE AGE OF 11!?? AND THEY SUCCEEDED!???
STARTED A TEENAGE REBEL GROUP AT THE AGE OF 15!???
AT THE SAME TIME USED HAGRID'S HALF BRO TO LIKE PICK AND KICK UMBITCH OUT OF HOGWARTS!???? (THAT WAS AWESOME BTW)
BROKE INTO THE MINISTRY NOT ONCE BUT TWICE!???
BROKE INTO GRINGOTTS AND GOT OUT OF THERE ON A FUCKING DRAGON!???
ALMOST DIED (WELL HARRY ACTUALLY DID ) LIKE COUNTLESS OF TIMES AND STILL SURVIVED!????
WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THEIR CHAOTICNESS IN THIS FANDOM I SWEAR
my dear Skywalker-Naberrie family
“James is getting a bit frustrated shut up here, he tries not to show it but I can tell – also, Dumbledore’s still got his Invisibility Cloak, so no chance of little excursions. If you could visit, it would cheer him up so much.”
not to be a number nerd on main but 2025 (45^2) will be the only square year most of us ever experience. the last one was 1936 and the next one will be 2116