#(reverse finding nemo)

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FAQ

[gloriousfckingpurpose]

been a lot of discussion lately on performer safety in the wake of a certain theme park’s opening being plagued by poor behavior towards performers, but there’s an element i believe a LOT of people are missing; it’s not just about culling negativity towards performers, it’s also about not opening those performers up to harassment too. i could use hiccup or ygor or ruffnut and tuffnut as an example, i could use peter pan or tally the elf, but i’m actually gonna ask you guys a question i don’t think a lot of people in the current sphere of theme park fandom know the answer to:

do you know why marlin wears glasses in finding nemo: the musical?

they weren’t a part of the original costume. it’s not super easy to find footage of the show that old but in the original promo images, he doesn’t have them.

(taken direct from d23’s website btw)

and it feels so integral to the character right? so important to this version of marlin? like it was there the whole time?

early on in the show’s run, there was one performer that played marlin who wore prescription glasses, and was allowed to do so on stage, cause like. you kinda need to be able to see when operating and working around puppets that weigh up to 50lb, right? and this performer got popular. like, really popular. and this was before social media started to take off the way it did in the 2010s. people started to talk about how they loved this performer with glasses. how they liked his marlin more than anyone elses. they started to ask about him, planned to go to shows they could find out he was on for, i wouldn’t be surprised if he had stalkers beyond just onstage as well. it hit a point where cms at the show were being harassed for information on when this performer was working so frequently that the only way this performer could continue to do his job safely was to have every. single. marlin. wear them. nobody could ask when the marlin with glasses was on if EVERY marlin had glasses. and i’ve realized while writing this that that extended in reverse to the rest of the cast too; there’s performers who play other roles that cannot wear their glasses while in the show and have to wear contacts.

and they were lucky that it was something as simple as glasses. what happens when a performer is distinguished by something about their appearance that cannot be changed easily? what happens when it’s a face role with a rigid “look” that doesn’t have the freedom to change elements to keep the performer safe?

i get it, you all have your favorites in roles. you have your little ways to distinguish performers in one role from another. i’d be lying if i said i didn’t have some of my own too. but especially in this day and age of online culture, no matter what your intentions are, expressing that publicly can so easily start a chain reaction that gives the people who will cause performers harm an in. it makes them feel safe in their behavior. there is no ethical way to share the nicknames you give performers, to post “i like this one best”, to break character integrity in the comments. there is no way to disclaimer that “you mean no harm” your way out of the consequences that may come from it. and if you claim to be a safe space for these performers and champion them not being harassed, you need to be able to see when your behavior can be a detriment as well.

[marcmarcmomarc]

Once Upon a Lamp

(At the Steve Jobs Building, everyone steps out through the doors to clock out for the night.)

PIXAR INTERN: It’s so incredible to think that Mr. Jobs started Pixar Animation Studios forty years ago today. To think of all those talented artists and wonderful characters who have been a part of the studio over the years.

PETE DOCTER: Yep. If these walls could talk.

(As Docter and the intern leave, the title appears. “Once Upon a Lamp”. On the wall is a photo from “Toy Story 2” featuring Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye from their role-playing scene. In the photo, Woody moves.)

WOODY: Psst, Luxo! Wally B.! You there?

(Luxo Jr. and Wally B. move to Woody.)

WOODY: Is that it? Are they all gone?

(They nod.)

WOODY: Yee-haw!

(He and the others jump out of their photo.)

WOODY: Come on, guys! This is it!

JESSIE: Let’s get the gang! Yodel-ay-hee-hoo!

(In another hallway, Joy wakes up. Others leave their photos as well.)

JOY: (GASPS) There’s the signal. All right, everyone! It’s picture time!

MIGUEL: That’s tonight?

JOY: That’s now.

EMBER: 40-year group photo. And the sun’s going down. Come on. Let’s get going!

WADE: Ooh, I like the attitude.

(Arlo and Spot pop out, the latter of whom scampers off. In another hallway…)

BUZZ: Picture time, guys!

(The Parr family jump out of their photo.)

HELEN: The day is here?

BOB: Yeah, baby!

VIOLET: Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s get going!

(Violet and Dash stop at a picture of Gus and Peck.)

DASH: Wake up! Wake up!

(They pop out. Peck flies out of control past Bo Peep and her sheep walking with Carl Fredricksen, Russell, and Dug.)

DUG: Oh, boy!

(Flik, Atta, and Dot fly past.)

BO PEEP: Yo, Flik! Ladies! Get the folks upstairs!

FLIK: You’ve got it!

ATTA: Let’s go!

(We follow the ants down the hallway and up to the ceiling. On the second floor, Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater race down a hallway in reverse.)

MATER: (reused from “Cars”) Whee-hee!

McQUEEN: (reused from “Cars 3”) Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

(WALL-E and EVE fly overhead.)

WALL-E: Whee!

(As the cars flip forward, Merida and Angus the Clydesdale horse emerge from her picture frame.)

MERIDA: Picture time! Hyah!

(With Merida on his back, Angus gallops off.)

MERIDA: We’re meeting in the lobby!

(The jackalope and lamb bound down a staircase. The jackalope responds to Merida by shooting her a thumbs-up.)

JACKALOPE: (SINGING) …and I think you can do it If you give it a try

(Voyd opens a portal and lets Bass and Treble through.)

VOYD: Let’s go, boys!

(They start to play. The umbrellas ride gusts of wind made by Gale Cumulus.)

GALE: Up you go, fellas!

(As they fly up, the bluebirds fly down from the upper floor. Behind them, Izzy Hawthorne somersaults down, then Marlin, Dory, and Nemo land in her hands, hyperventilating.)

DORY: (reused from “Finding Dory”) Water.

(Izzy rushes away. Nearby, Hank serves drinks to Lumpy the clown, Geri, Mira Nova, and Mr. B. Elinor yells at them.)

ELINOR: What are you guys doing? There’s no time for drinks!

IZZY: Hank! A little help?

(Hank takes a coffee pot from its machine and fills it with water.)

MARLIN: (reused from “Finding Dory”) Just… keep… gasping.

(He lets Izzy drop the fish inside.)

DORY: (reused from “Finding Dory”) Hank!

HANK: (CHUCKLES) Oh, well. I get to carry you again.

(In another hallway, Ercole Visconti faces a jammed beverage vending machine.)

ERCOLE: Stai scherzando, vero? Il succo stupido si blocca proprio sul bordo! Che sfortuna!

(Riley Andersen, Grace Hsieh, and Bree Young walk past him.)

RILEY: Yikes.

GRACE: Talk about dramatic.

RILEY: Do you guys think all of the villains will show up?

BREE: Hmm. Not all.

(She says, punching a photo of Jangles. Meanwhile, the Potato Heads enter an elevator, already occupied by Fear, Kitbull, Stu, the Witch, and her crow. Fear lets them enter with an “after you” gesture.)

FEAR: Going down?

(Fear presses the button, only for the group to be stopped.)

ROZ: Hold the elevator! I’ll get there!

MR. POTATO HEAD: (reused from “Toy Story 2”) What?

MRS. POTATO HEAD: (reused from “Toy Story 3”) Oh.

(In an office, Meilin Lee draws at a desk.)

MEI: (SINGING) You’re never not on my mind

(James P. Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, and Boo pass.)

SULLEY: Come on, Mei!

MIKE: Yeah, shake a leg, will ya?

MEI: Hey, you can’t rush art.

(Nash and Ramsey emerge from the paper, scaring the 4*Townies.)

RAMSEY: Well, gosh, is this a sleepover? Come on.

NASH: Let’s go!

(In the women’s bathroom, Celia Mae feeds her snakes breath mints, Laurel Lightfoot cleans her glasses, Luisa Rivera brushes Libby’s skin, Purl sprays her mouth, Mirage brushes her hair, and Colette Tatou adjusts her collar.)

CELIA: Eat up, girls. We’ve got to look great.

(Celia kisses one snake. Molly Davis opens the door, holding Jessie.)

JESSIE: Let’s move it, ladies!

(As Day and Night struggle to squeeze out of their photo, Luca Paguro, Alberto Scorfano, and Giulia Marcovaldo walk by.)

LUCA: You guys excited for the photo, too?

ALBERTO: You know it.

(They stop.)

GIULIA: Hey! Scud!

(Scud looms over Remy and Emile, about to eat them. Dante scares him away.)

REMY: Nice.

(The reject robots watch the Scare Simulator scene from “Monsters University” on a TV. Among the chiefs and suitors of Clans Macintosh, MacGuffin, and Dingwall, Valentina Ortiz and the Fire Hawks walk past.)

VALENTINA: Come on, guys. You’re gonna have nightmares.

(Johnny Worthington III emerges from the screen, scaring the robots away. They surge past Ernesto de la Cruz and carry him away.)

DE LA CRUZ: Huh? Hey! Hey!

(Uku and Lele watch from their photo, unable to leave it. Thunderclap flies past.)

THUNDERCLAP: You guys need a lift?

(The volcanoes nod. Thunderclap picks up their photo with his talons and flies away. Back at the elevator, Roz slowly enters.)

ROZ: Thanks for holding the elevator, Potato Head.

MR. POTATO HEAD: (reused from “Toy Story 2”) Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever.

BOOSTER: You guys mind if I squeeze in here, too?

(Booster Sinclair Munchapper squeezes himself into the elevator as it closes. In another hallway, Sox follows Anger.)

SOX: Would you like me to play whale sounds to relax to?

ANGER: No. I promise, I’m fine.

(Papá Héctor and Mamá Imelda Rivera come down the stairs. Héctor’s hat falls off. As he and Imelda laugh, Alec Azam takes it in his mouth and runs away.)

HÉCTOR: Hey! Alec! Presto, come get your rabbit!

(They run after him.)

IMELDA: Go, Alec, go!

(Woody laughs while coming up the stairs, then stops and gasps.)

EVELYN: That’s it. Just keep following.

(Evelyn Deavor walks by, hypnotizing Bonnie’s dad with her Screenslaver goggles.)

WOODY: Evelyn? Evelyn! Evelyn, stop it!

(Bonnie’s mom follows.)

BONNIE’S MOM: Don’t worry, Woody. I got this.

(She removes the goggles, then breaks them. Woody faces the wall in front of him and smiles.)

WOODY: Hmm.

(A portrait of Pixar founder Steve Jobs hangs on it. Woody walks up to it and takes his hat off for a moment of respect.)

BUZZ: Hey, Woody? Where are you? We’re in the lobby!

WOODY: Gotta go, but thanks. On with the show.

(Woody leaves. Nearby, a line of characters waits on the stairs. Riding on Hanuman’s back, Woody flies past.)

WOODY: Whoa!

(Disgust opens the door.)

DISGUST: Coast is clear, Sheriff.

WOODY: Great!

(He jumps off Hanuman’s back.)

WOODY: Right this way!

(Fergus bumps into the closed door.)

WOODY: Oh! Your Majesty, are you okay?

FERGUS: (dizzily shakes his head) Aye, never better, Marston.

(He trips over a garbage can. The next character to leave, Buddy Pine, rolls his eyes.)

SYNDROME: Brilliant- Hey!

(He ducks under Dim carrying Heimlich, Rosie, Tuck, and Roll. Dim flies around the Luxo Jr. statue.)

HEIMLICH: Whee! I feel like a beautiful butterfly!

WOODY: Watch out for the ladder!

(Alfredo Linguini ducks as Andy Davis swings the ladder over his head. Mo Morrison and Darby Steel walk by.)

MORRISON: I’ll say this much, I’m surprised this went off as well as it did.

DARBY: You’re telling me.

(They join the large group of characters being guided by Woody.)

WOODY: Okay, everybody. Get- Get together now.

(Tinny arrives.)

WOODY: Oh! After you.

(Tinny toots happily and bumps into M-O, who chitters angrily. Edna Mode hands Rex the camera.)

E: It is time, darling.

REX: Thank you, Ms. Mode!

(As Rex uses Slinky Dog to climb the ladder, it becomes unstable and wiggles.)

WOODY: Rex, careful!

(The ladder now swings in circles.)

REX: Where’s that timer button?

(Charles Muntz and his dogs watch.)

GAMMA: Three, two, one…

(Rex falls off the ladder. On the ground, he gets up next to the broken camera.)

DUNCAN: Well, that was fun.

(He storms away.)

SADNESS: Maybe we can try again in another forty years.

(Everyone sadly turns around.)

WOODY: Oh, no, no, no. Come back. It- It- It’ll be fine. It’ll... be...

(The characters stop in their tracks as Rosa Rivera plays the first part of “When You Wish Upon a Star” with her violin. Abel Rivera joins in with his accordion, as do Joe Gardener, Dorothea Williams, and her band. Woody, Buzz, and Jessie watch happily.)

GREG: (SINGING) Anything your heart desires

GREG AND MANUEL: Will come to you

(Hopper sighs and puts his fingers on the bridge of his nose.)

HOPPER: I knew this was gonna happen.

IAN: If your heart is in your dream

22: No request is too extreme

JOHN AND MARY: When you wish upon a star

TYLOR AND VAL: As dreamers do

(Abuelita Elena Rivera sweeps up the broken pieces of the camera.)

CHORUS: Fate is kind

(WALL-E fixes it by placing it in his compactor.)

CHORUS: She brings to those who love

(Poppa Henry picks up the ladder. Manny and Gypsy carry Rex up the ladder, letting him set the camera down and press the timer button.)

CHORUS: The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing

(Corey and Gia hold hands as they sing. Elio Solis joins them in harmony.)

COREY, GIA, AND ELIO: Like a bolt out of the blue

MEI: Fate steps in…

(Her friends join in.)

4*TOWNIES: …and sees you through

(Woody stands on Andy’s hand.)

WOODY: When you wish upon a star

(Everyone, together!)

ALL: Your dreams come true

(As everyone finishes singing and smiles for the camera, Luxo Jr. faces us and flashes his light, and the finished photograph appears in a frame hanging on a wall. Fade to black. One final message appears: “TO ALL WHO HAVE IMAGINED WITH US, LAUGHED WITH US, AND DREAMED WITH US, THANK YOU”.)

Cast

Bonnie’s Mom: LORI ALAN

Buzz Lightyear: TIM ALLEN

Carl Fredricksen: ED ASNER*

Wade Ripple: MAMOUDOU ATHIE

Jessie’s Yodeling Voice: MARY KAY BERGMAN*

Giulia Marcovaldo: EMMA BERMAN

Papá Héctor Rivera: GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL

Edna Mode (E): BRAD BIRD

Anger: LEWIS BLACK

Heimlich: FLULA BORG

Ernesto de la Cruz: BENJAMIN BRATT

Spot: JACK BRIGHT*

Marlin: ALBERT BROOKS*

Pixar Intern: JEN BROWN

Nash: A.J. BUCKLEY

WALL-E & M-O: BEN BURTT*

Voyd: SOPHIA BUSH

Manuel: CALEB CABRERA

Tyler Nguyen-Baker: TRISTIAN ALLERICK CHEN

Meilin Lee: ROSALIE CHIANG

Luca Paguro: SAWYER COLE

Fergus: BILLY CONNOLLY

Mike Wazowski: BILLY CRYSTAL

Jessie: JOAN CUSACK

Billy, Goat, & Gruff: EMILY DAVIS*

Dory: ELLEN DeGENERES*

Pete Docter: PETE DOCTER

Tylor Tuskmon: BEN FELDMAN

22: TINA FEY

Johnny Worthington: NATHAN FILLION

Flik: DAVE FOLEY

Jack-Jack Parr: ELI FUCILE*

Gus & Peck: TONY FUCILE*

Dim: BRAD GARRETT*

Boo: MARY GIBBS*

James P. Sullivan: JOHN GOODMAN

Nemo: ALEXANDER GOULD*

Lele: NAPUA GRAIG

Alberto Scorfano: JACK DYLAN GRAZER

Fear: TONY HALE

Woody: TOM HANKS

Mrs. Potato Head: ESTELLE HARRIS*

Ian Lightfoot: TOM HOLLAND

Rosie: BONNIE HUNT*

Helen Parr: HOLLY HUNTER

Uku: KUANA TORRES KAHELE

Evelyn Deavor: CATHERINE KEENER

Elio Solis: YONAS KIBREAB

Disgust: LIZA LAPIRA

Tow Mater: LARRY THE CABLE GUY*

Buddy Pine: JASON LEE

Ember Lumen: LEAH LEWIS

Valentina Ortiz: LILIMAR

Miguel Rivera: RYAN LOPEZ

Princess Atta: JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS

Booster Sinclair Munchapper: YURI LOWENTHAL

Grace Hsieh: GRACE LU

Jackalope: BUD LUCKEY*

Merida: KELLY MACDONALD

Greg: KYLE McDANIEL

Gale Cumulus: WENDI McLENDON-COVEY

Tuck & Roll: MICHAEL McSHANE*

Andy Davis: JOHN MORRIS*

Miriam Mendelsohn: AVA MORSE

Russell: JORDAN NAGAI*

Mary: KATHY NAJIMY

Duncan P. Anderson: LUCAS NEFF

Bob Parr: CRAIG T. NELSON

Bree Young: SUMAYYAH NURIDDIN-GREEN

Arlo: RAYMOND OCHOA*

Hank: ED O’NEILL

Remy: PATTON OSWALT

Izzy Hawthorne: KEKE PALMER

Princess Dot: HAYDEN PANETTIERE*

Ramsey: ANNA PAQUIN

Abby Park: HYEIN PARK

Dug & Roz: BOB PETERSON

Dashiell Parr: BANKS PIERCE

Joy: AMY POEHLER

Bo Peep: ANNIE POTTS

Ercole Visconti: SAVERIO RAIMONDO

Priya Mangal: MAITREYI RAMAKRISHNAN

Gamma: JEROME RANFT

John: JOHN RATZENBERGER

Mr. Potato Head: DON RICKLES*

Alfredo Linguini: LOU ROMANO*

Rex: WALLACE SHAWN

Sadness: PHYLLIS SMITH

Emile & Sox: PETER SOHN

Darby Steel: DALE SOULES

Corey: OCTAVIA SPENCER

Hopper: ANDREW STANTON

Riley Andersen: KENSINGTON TALLMAN

Gia: ALIYAH TAYLOR

Elinor: EMMA THOMPSON

Celia Mae: JENNIFER TILLY

Mamá Imelda Rivera: ALANNA UBACH

Val Little: MELISSA VILLASEÑOR

Violet Parr: SARAH VOWELL

Mo Morrison: TAIKA WAITITI

Lightning McQueen: OWEN WILSON*

Thunderclap: STEVE ZAHN

*every voice actor with an asterisk returns via archived recordings

[fryingpan1234567]

guys the 141 is flying to Disneyland

(hear me out)

Price, for someone’s birthday (probably Gaz’s if we’re honest with ourselves), takes the squad to Disney for a few days. Now these grown ass battle-hardened absolute units of men… are fucking ecstatic. Even Ghost. Especially Gaz and Soap, who literally Did Not Shut The Fuck Up about it all the way from the announcement up until they were there, and then they were speechless.

Anyways, a compilation of things that happened:

Ghost was mistaken for the Winter Soldier because of the mask and all-black tact fit and eyeliner by a group of middle schoolers who then demanded a picture

Soap got glitterbombed during a parade and had sparkles in his mohawk for the rest of the day

Price lost his hat to the Matterhorn somewhere in the cave system, meaning it was virtually unretrievable 

Gaz got jumpscared by the fake sharks on the Finding Nemo submarine ride

Soap ate a total of twelve bags of cotton candy over the course of a three day trip

They all spent more on merch than the fucking plane tickets💀

Ghost and Gaz had a pretty epic lightsaber fight, red vs green, in the dark in Galaxy’s Edge so all the lights in the background were on it was DOPE‼️

Price was forced to wear Mickey ears OVER his replacement hat so it folded over the top of his head like a weird reverse Captain taco

Soap got WAY into the Indiana Jones ride and almost got thrown out of the jeep like six times

Same with Gaz and the Pirates of the Caribbean one

Ghost going speechless in awe of the immersion of the Star Wars rides

They all vow to never speak of what happened on the Guardians/ Tower of Terror ride, because no one was actually sure who screamed the loudest.

Soap tried to fight Donald Duck and had to be dragged away by Price before he traumatized the crowd of watching children

Even though he still had a half-face black mask on, Ghost let Soap and Gaz drag him into getting matching face paint

Gaz had a Princess and the Frog themed outfit one of the days and PHEW

Ghost went back home with two pairs of ears: a Jack Skellington one and the sparkly purple one that has a unicorn horn and rainbow train behind it

Also the others convinced him to wear a Mickey Mouse shirt over his hoodie one of the days

I can’t express how much they all fucking lived for the Cars ride (it’s because it’s simply the best one ANYWAYS)

Soap being thoroughly distracted by Ghost and his see-through shirt after they did Splash Mountain and got soaked

The fucking contrast between Price getting some kind of whisky situation that’s just brown but in a cool cup from a bar in Galaxy’s Edge and then Gaz finding some god-awful multicolored milkshake that’s a foot and a half tall and 30% whipped cream

Anyways the serotonin is REAL please ask me to do other characters or continue this I just think the cod boys deserve to go to Disney every once in a while

[jennagrinsoverml]

Can you recommend some Stories featuring memory loss (not related to Oblivio)?

Absolutely! I have an Oblivio rec list here anyway 😊

For the Last Time by @thelibraryloser

No matter how you meet him, you will love him. You will fall for every version of him, in every world, in every timeline. I need you to know that.

One-shot. This fic is not nearly popular enough for how AMAZING it is!! After losing her memory, Marinette reads her pre-memory loss letter to herself. This is such a beautiful and hopeful take on the memory loss trope with gorgeous prose and such a loving look at the love square relationship. HIGHLY recommend!

you don't even know me at all (but i was made for loving you) by @ladyofthenoodle

They didn’t remember each other. The hospital told them there’d been an accident—brain damage—but Alya had told them the truth, later. Who’d they’d been to each other. What they’d given up, and why. But even with their memories of each other gone, Adrien and Marinette are still inextricably tied together—by law, by their social circles, and by their hearts. And in the apartment they share, there's only one bed.

One-shot. Years later, after Adrien and Marinette are MARRIED, they give up their memories and forget each other. And then there's the painful journey back to loving one another. This one hurtsssss, but it's so good, and the end is amazing!! I don't want to spoil it but the echoes of how they fell for each other the first time are just ahhhhhh!!! READ THIS!

Make This Go On Forever by @coffeebanana

A Finding Nemo Akuma shouldn't be that hard to deal with, right? Clownfish and blue tangs, but nothing life-changing? Adrien didn't expect the accompanying sentimonster to bring to life one of his worst fears: what would happen if Marinette lost her memory. Maybe it's temporary, but it feels very real. And suddenly the things he's been trying to keep hidden from her refuse to stay inside. Or: Angsty emotional hurt/comfort for day 10 of Kiss Prompt November (minnow).

One-shot. This is gorgeous. I love the way the details of what's happened over the past few years are woven into the narrative, and Adrien's breakdown, even after everything, is so sad and fitting. Adrien is terrified of Marinette losing her memory (just like me) and this is done so well.

when push comes to shove by @passionfruitmacarons

Marinette is confused, Adrien is stressed, and Ladybug is nowhere to be found. Or: Ladybug gives up guardianship, and Chat Noir has to suffer the consequences.

One-shot. As usual with this trope, there's some definite angst involved, but I found the ending more than hopeful! It's so sweet, and I really loved the role reversal with Chat being on the other side of an act of self sacrifice.

Your touch is etched into my mind by plikki

She wakes up in a strange room without memories but somehow she knows him.

One-shot. This one is definitely sad and it really hurts, but there's also a sweetness to it that I loved!

new marinette by @rosekasa

marinette may not remember their first kiss anymore, but she has no doubts that adrien is the man she will spend her life with. amnesia has nothing on her love.

Multi-chapter. This is soft and sweet, despite the premise. I love being in Marinette's head as she tries to figure out what she's missing, which of course we already know. And then watching more of the picture come together...it's really well done, and the ending makes up for the angst, though honestly there's not a lot of it!

I Shall Never Know That Second Death by @into-september

Paris has been haunted by a butterfly supervillain and saved by a ladybug superhero, and Marinette has forgotten the last year of her life.

Two-shot. Read this if you want to suffer. Seriously, it's so good, but there is only pain for you here. It's so sad and bittersweet and I legit cried after I finished.

Echoes of You by @kittinoir

In the day time, she's Marinette - a normal girl, with a normal life. A normal girl, with a normal life. A normal girl, with...

Multi-chapter. Marinette’s got giant gaps in her memory she’s struggling to understand while Adrien is desperately trying to figure out just what the hell happened to his Lady. Lots of angst and a mystery and this fic is one hell of a ride from start to finish!

in case you don't know me tomorrow by @thelibraryloser

“We live in a crazy world where pieces of our lives can be erased like they never even happened. I just wanted to memorize this moment so… so I could keep it, if that makes sense.” Adrien's heart gave a little flutter. She wanted to keep this moment, meeting him. She wanted to keep… him. “I understand exactly what you mean." In a world that has created a way to selectively delete memories, no moment is truly safe. So how do you hold on to something when the memory of it is gone? And how do you keep fighting for someone when you're the only one who remembers?

Multi-chapter. AU. I normally avoid AUs, but I'm so glad I read this one! I'm not going to lie--this one hurts and I was terrified to read it. But! It's so well done and we get a happy ending that makes it all worth it!!

Just Give Me A Reason by @coffeebanana

Adrien stopped short when he turned the corner, his breath catching in his throat. Gentle thunder crackled overhead, and the sky split in two just as Adrien’s heart had months before. The clouds cried the gentle tears Adrien tried to fight back, because he knew if he started crying, he wouldn’t stop. He tried to move. Tried to force his limbs to flee. But suddenly, it was him who’d forgotten how to function. He hadn’t expected to see her. Not here, right around the corner from his usual grocery store. Not today, on the anniversary of their first kiss.

One-shot. I'm not going to lie, this one hurts. The ending can be classified as hopeful, but there's a lot of hurting...but it's so well done!

[strangestcase]

There should be a kids animated movie that is like reverse Jaws but not quite. A ragtag group of talking sharks (all sea life can talk, finding Nemo style) who are all losers and disliked by other sharks for being losers discover that there’s some sort of messed up presence stealing their friends’ fins. And only they can save them. And one of the sharks has two remoras that act like their shoulder angel and shoulder demon. Can anybody hear me.

[strange-anni]

Follow up to my post about Nancys room in S1

Find my post about Nancys room here

This is where I talk about the meaning of things which don't fit Nancy quite right. Rather I think they are related to another character altogether and that is Will Byers.

First I still think there is a bit more to the gender symbolism at play here than is relevant to Nancy as it is almost like she is a reverse for Will. Like if it's masculinity beneath the surface for Nancy, it's the opposite for Will. This side however can also not come to the outside as freely as it should be the case as he is also a victim of gender norms just as much as Nancy if not more so. Why even more? Bc he had an active parenting figure in his father trying to suppress this side of his.

I also think there is still another aspect to be said about the cat symbolism. For once all of these cats are still young or not fully formed which might mean that there is a potential for Nancy to become more cat-like or rather - I should say- more predator like. For Will there is also another character heavily associated with a big cat (namely a lion) and that is his father Lonnie. The implication here being that there may be a possibility for Nancy to turn out like Lonnie. However at this point in time and I think with all we know from future seasons we can safely assume that this will not be the case. Still it is worth keeping a close eye on her actions.

Why does this matter? I think it's a way to guess or assume of what a person may become after they're having (in this case consensual) s*x for the first time. If it changes them and in what way it changes them. This is also in regards to the bunny costume she was wearing back in the day. It's not only that she is associated with bunnies, in this case she literally is one. This is meaningful as she is later associated with cats. It's almost like a transformation is taking place here. In her youth Nancy was an innocent bunny but later as she grows older and has s*x for the first time, that innocence disappears and is transformed into something else. Maybe even something much more sinister instead.

I'm still not saying Nancy will become a predator or an abuser. It's way more likely that she serves as an example as to why that doesn't have to be the case. It's showing that there is another way to live your life and have a sexuality without hurting others in the process. It's like the plaque on her pinboard says: If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem” If Nancy is part of the problem or the solution is not yet clear at this point in time. Like I said before at this point she is a Nemo, a nobody.

Lastly there is the musical box which in regards to Nancy also does not make a lot of sense. However this lullaby is quite often used in musical boxes and also used in a lot of movies (wiki says there are over 60) So it would not be out of the ordinary for Nancy to own one just by sheer coincidence. For her it doesn't mean anything. The same cannot be said for El though and by extension also for Will.

I have listed all these details surrounding the lullaby in my first post as a lot of them are also relevant to Will. He is also the second born son like the one who the song was originally dedicated to. He also loves Christmas as the second verse is also all about Christmas. Furthermore there is also rose symbolism in it.

The main point however lies in the fact that the first verse was originally meant to be a love poem, a general love poem for any beloved person and was later wrongfully associated with children's songs only. This means that in it's original form it can also be about two adults who wish each other a good nights sleep which then wrongfully gets associated with adults wishing a good nights sleep to children only. A kind of love not love that's between two adults and then gets wrongfully attributed to children.

(Although you have to keep in mind that it's still a general love poem meant for any beloved person no matter who that may be. The poem and the song are not alluding to anything nefarious)

Still no idea on the Virgina one though

[faeliksz]

discrod statuses 2

the long awaited sequel. just like last time:

been told ppl like the silly things I write so here they are (to be clear not all are original. if you get a reference DM me for a free pickled cherry). CN for mental health stuff idk im as depressed as anyone should be. to be continued. the felix referenced is me

what doesnt kill you makes you immortal

hire me to do the bush thing at your nephews birthday party

mechanicum kicked me out for trying to rizz the maschine spirit

my body is a machine that produces one corpse per lifetime

opening a mom n pop trepanning shop w your dad

postmodern vagueposting should be olympic

skin? more like skout, like get me outta this fuckin thing my bones itch

im like if porn wasnt hot

cant believe im wasting my sober on this shit

no one can stop me, not even myself

smuggling bricks in my massive tits

dont hug me im hot

got that prelapsarian mindset (im gonna sin)

pls crowdfund my lobotomy

pop an antibabypille and my ops disappear

yep, be aware thats permanent

who let the birds out? chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp

babe i know you wanted the benadryl submarine, but they were all out, so please give the pcp tricycle a chance at least

manufacture my consent

whats a K and whys there 40

bagged that internship at Weyland-Yutani

yo shut the fuck up about your pronouns im only here to get pregnant

they cleared my boys Herodotus name, ancient Scythians confirmed freaks

so, bananas are pretty good, anyone got other fruit worth checking out?

seek god, find nemo

world's only chain male

constant state of pre nut delusion

kept out the precint purely by post-hoc rationalisations

genuinely offended the bar for disasters is so high. like how am i gonna compete with chernobyl

im in love, wasted and sober

more like obi-wan jabroni

Let's go to the shed!

its always the people you most suspect

make the drugs work again

one can only lie, the other speaks only truth but theyre the 2 co commentators on a speedrun and the runner is leaning into both

vom raven in die traufe

using coins as breast implants, call me a cash cow

Sid Meier's Suicide Note!

working on making reverse art

going around local parks with a tiny mic & asking birds for ad-libs

my doctor is a WRONG PIECE OF SHIT why the FUCK dont in memoriam sections tell you HOW they died WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU CARE ABOUT

h.r. giger is to blame for this

whirring up my patented Guilt Negator 9000

digga der geht dumm

my tarot deck includes XXX The Faggot

tag yourself etc etc

[crossover-enthusiast]

Hdhdhdh

I might start talking about it tbh 😭

I wonder what a Finding Nemo X Spooky Month crossover AU would be like tbh? Like the characters from Spooky Month in the place of the Finding Nemo characters. I can't tell if I should put Lila as Marlin since that's the obvious choice though, or if it'd be funny to do a reverse thing and have it be Skiddad instead/silly

Ooooo

Also HAH

[dweemeister]

Alice's Wonderland (1923 short)

One hundred years ago today, Walt Disney screened to Margaret Winkler his hybrid animated/live-action short film, Alice’s Wonderland. If the name Margaret Winkler is unfamiliar to you, that is in part due to the fact that much of Hollywood’s mythmaking has obfuscated the impact of certain female creatives during the silent film era. A former secretary to Harry Warner at Warner Bros., Winkler was the premier animated short film executive in the early and mid-1920s. Her company, M.J. Winkler Pictures, flourished at a time before the oligopoly of the soon-to-be-major Hollywood studios, mostly on the backs of Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer’s Felix the Cat series. At the peak of Felix’s popularity in 1923, a series of arguments between Winkler and Sullivan/Messmer soon meant Winkler was looking for an animated series to replace Felix. She would also be losing the rights to Max and Dave Fleischer’s Out of the Inkwell series, starring Koko the Clown. By the end of 1923, Winkler would sign a deal with Disney to distribute the Alice Comedies.

Impressed by the handiwork of Alice’s Wonderland, Winkler’s deal gave Walt Disney a much-needed infusion of cash. Disney, who founded Laugh-O-Gram Studios in Kansas City, Missouri in 1921, had just barely emerged from Laugh-O-Gram’s bankruptcy. Instead of heading to the then-center of the American animation world of New York City, Walt instead found himself in Los Angeles, partly to help his brother, Roy O. Disney, recover from tuberculosis.

Though a continent away from the major animation players in the U.S. at the time, Disney nevertheless took inspiration from those figures – Bray Productions under John Randolph Bray and especially the animator Winsor McCay (who, by 1921, was forced by employer William Randolph Hearst to stop working on animated film). McCay and Bray were pioneers in gifting animated characters basic personalities and the development of those personalities, growing animated cinema beyond modest gag comedy and simplistic figures. McCay’s Little Nemo (1911) and Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) and Bray’s Bobby Bumps series (1915-1925) may seem quaint to modern audiences, but these films were wildly popular across North America and were instrumental stepping stones to the explosion of American animated innovation in the late 1920s and 1930s.

Alice’s Wonderland was never screened for the public, but it nevertheless spawned a series that lasted for fifty-seven short films. None of it would have been possible without the inspiration Disney and his animators took from the most acclaimed American animation at that time.

With no relation to Lewis Carroll’s two Alice books, Alice’s Wonderland stars Virginia Davis as the title character. Davis, as Alice, is four years old at the beginning of the Alice Comedies series. She visits the animation studio where she sees Walt Disney in the process of drawing some “funnies”. As she sits down, the cartoons on the drawing pages come to life. Most important among those animated figures is Julius the Cat, created by Disney and Ub Iwerks and a predecessor to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse (unlike Oswald and Mickey, Julius has not appeared in an animated film since the silent era). Walt then brings Alice into the animators’ room, where Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, and others are also enjoying their work acting out various scenarios (remember those names – we will mention them again later). Alice, still giddy after her visit to the animators’ studio, later drifts off to sleep that evening. And, after dozing off, she finds herself welcome to a Cartoonland of her dreams.

At the time, Alice’s Wonderland was the reverse of what the Fleischers’ Out of the Inkwell series and some of the Bray and McCay shorts attempted. Instead of animated characters inhabiting a live-action world, we have here a live character traipsing around in an animated world. In some of the hybrid animated/live-action short films at the time, the reactions of the characters can be noticeably off. Not so much here. Davis’ reactions to the animated animals are timed with admirable precision. But given the technological constraints at the time and how small Walt Disney’s animators’ team was, Alice’s Wonderland makes heavy use of recycled or looped animation. Viewers who know their Looney Tunes or Hanna-Barbera works probably recognize the effects of a wraparound background and identical walking animation. The effects tend to make certain scenes – such as Alice’s celebratory procession during her dream – last several seconds too long.

Yet, Alice’s Wonderland still charms. With synchronized sound still four years away, the animators of the early twentieth century set the visual slapstick language that continues to course through modern animated cinema. Julius’ hidden fight with a dog within the latter’s doghouse, an animator using a pen holder as a de facto boxing bell, and a hungry lion cleaning and sharpening his teeth are just previews to the absurd humor that will define the next few decades of American animated short films. So too the tubular limbs from the animated characters. The film’s humor came not just from the films of Bray, McCay, and the Van Beuren Studios, but also the comic strips popular at this time – titles which probably read as quite unfamiliar to most today: Bud Fisher’s Mutt and Jeff (1907-1983; Fisher ceased involvement in 1932), George Herriman’s Krazy Kat (1913-1944), and Winsor McCay’s Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (1904-1925). These comic strips, largely unknown quantities to yours truly while researching for this write-up, influenced the comedic pace and tone for the bulk of American animated short films – a near-forgotten legacy, and one worthy of honoring.

Alice’s Wonderland would solidify the careers of all of the animators involved – all of whom were originally based in the Kansas City area. Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks stayed onboard what would be deemed the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio (after several name changes, it is now the Walt Disney Animation Studios of today). Disney’s namesake studio is the most visible animated studio in all of cinema, and undoubtedly the most historically and currently significant, for good and ill. For the Alice Comedies, Iwerks experimented with a “matte” – in which a cutout background would be placed over a camera lens to hide where animated figures might be. Iwerks also developed Mickey Mouse with Walt, was one of the leading hands on the Silly Symphony series, and was integral in developing the special visual effects that made animated/live-action hybrid movies like Song of the South (1946) and Mary Poppins (1964) as convincing as they are.

Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, who developed the story of Alice’s Wonderland alongside Walt, honed their craft under him. But after Disney sold the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to Universal in 1928 in a dispute with Winkler’s husband, producer Charles Mintz, Harman and Ising’s time with Disney came to an end. Now on their own, Harman and Ising created Bosko. The Bosko shorts impressed Warner Bros.’ Leon Schlesinger and, in 1930, the trio founded the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. Harman and Ising would eventually leave Warner Bros. in 1934 to develop the Happy Harmonies series for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer alongside William Hanna. Animator Isadore “Friz” Freleng also followed Harman and Ising to Warner Bros. and MGM, and was central to the creation of the likes of Porky Pig, Sylvester, and Yosemite Sam. Also following Freleng was Carman Maxwell, who spent the bulk of his career as a production manager for MGM’s animated shorts.

Actress Virginia Davis also moved out from Kansas City to Southern California to join Disney to star in the Alice Comedies. Davis appeared in fifteen of the fifty-seven Alice Comedies, ending her tenure with Alice in the Jungle (1925). She was able to nab the occasional minor child actress role and ended her career in the 1940s as uncredited dancers or chorus girls. She married in 1943 to a Navy airman and became a real estate agent active in the areas around Irvine, California and Boise, Idaho.

Margaret Winkler could be an exacting critic to Walt Disney and his animators, but she nevertheless sent words of encouragement, making suggestions where she saw fit to the rough cuts of the films. Her critiques plus the relatively expensive cost in making an Alice short saw Disney struggle to meet deadlines at first. But when Disney was able to convince Harman and Ising to move from Kansas City to Los Angeles, the pace of production hastened. Winkler retired from the film business in 1926 after the birth of her first child, with shockingly no one thinking to interview her about her work in the silent era before her death in New York state in 1990.

The Alice Comedies, beginning with Alice’s Wonderland, set the stage for American animated film in the early and middle twentieth century. Several figures involved in the series’ animation and storytelling paved careers that would deeply impact the direction of what today is Walt Disney Animation Studios. Others, like Harman, Ising, Freleng, and Maxwell, took with them Walt Disney’s artistic vision and guidance and spread that to two of the studio’s soon-to-be rivals in MGM and Warner Bros.

A century since Walt Disney screened Alice’s Wonderland for Margaret Winkler, Walt Disney Animation Studios has grown and evolved. The modern-day studio, I will argue, does not adhere to Walt Disney’s vision of making animated movies as dramatically and emotionally powerful as any live-action movie as faithfully as it could – and, in my opinion, has not consistently done so in at least a quarter-century. But the studio, and its legacy, started humbly, just hoping to please a crowd with sharp visual gags in the wild early days of animated silent film. Such were the initial hopes of John Randolph Bray and Winsor McCay. From the Alice Comedies to the Silly Symphony shorts to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Walt Disney and his fellow animators added to the foundation that their predecessors built.

My rating: 7/10

^ Based on my personal imdb rating. My interpretation of that ratings system can be found in the “Ratings system” page on my blog. Half-points are always rounded down.

For more of my reviews tagged “My Movie Odyssey”, check out the tag of the same name on my blog.

[quinloki]

(I-uh-I saw the Reverse Self-Ship post you made via a mutual and I noticed you were cool and also an adult One Piece fan so-uh-I'mma leave my lil infodump if you don't mind. Also if you have any pronouns you prefer let me know so I can use the proper ones!)

So as of last week I'm now holding hands with the entire Monster Trio from One Piece. Zoro was an immediate infatuation (and the reason I started watching it aside from just finally having time to invest), meanwhile Sanji and especially Luffy I thought were platonic but I was proven wrong pretty quick.

Uh-I headcanon Sanji as a closeted bisexual and in my little self-insert AU I end up being his kind of "bi-awakening" I guess or at least the first thing that makes him ask the important questions. Uh-I have one self-insert that has a good amount of plotting but I've been primarily using an isekai trope for self-inserting. And since it's already an AU for the isekai and the self-inserting itself-and because I'm really attached to the concept of magic(*cough*andimstillnotoverowlhouseending*cough*)-I made my self insert a descendant of the nearly extinct species of magic users aka witches. So I'd have to figure all that out along with the universe itself and Bi panic.

I think the isekai concept came along as I got a lot more attached to the Straw Hats in general since I'm always a sucker for friendship and found family tropes. And when I got into One Piece life had been taking a bad turn so this is kind of an escape for me.

Back to the self-ship though-I'm still not sure how the relationship would start-but I'd end up being just this 5'4 pink-haired autistic male who ended up being the boyfriend to 3 big strong (but also lovable) pirates. And since I'm shorter and they're also a lot stronger than me, they pick me up a lot out of nowhere just because I was there. I'd take cooking lessons from Sanji, I'd nap with Zoro, and I'd teach Luffy some drawing. But I can't have one without the others now, I love them too much now.

I have little nicknames I'd have them call me, some even pre-relationship. Sanji would call me "Cotton-Candy Head" because of the pink hair (but with a lot more affection than when he started calling Zoro Moss-Head) and then "Little Prince". Zoro would call me "Pinky" for the hair and then after I broke out of my shell a bit he'd call me "Puppy" because once I get comfortable around people I got big ol' golden-retriever energy. Luffy would probably call me "Nugget" and "Squishy" (I have a round face and also I can see Luffy looking at me and having a moment kinda like that one of Dory from Finding Nemo where she goes "I Shall Call Him Squishy And He Shall Be Mine. And He Shall Be My Squishy")

And then I have nicknames for them:

Zoro- Matcha Boy/Man, Teddy Bear (I feel like considering the naps and stuff, he would give good snuggles. I mean-the plush I have of him is nice to snuggle with.)

Sanji- Honey Bun, Sweetums (Because he's the biggest sweetie, his hair is a shade of yellow like honey, and honey buns are good!)

Luffy- Sunshine, Cap' (He's the captain of the thousand SUNNY and he's a bright ray of sunshine in my day and Cap sounds cute to say for him as the Captain of the crew)

And I'mma leave it at that. Uh-thanks for the opportunity to talk about my selfships! Take care of yourself and drink water!

ah! \o/ I love this - my friend has an OC story where the OC is a witch - but not an isekai style. I love isekais. LOVE them, I don't give a heck what anyone else thinks of them, I love them. (I mention this because I love the witch idea, and you both did it very differently too! Similar concepts don't bother me because people always end up with different details and that Delights Me <3 )

I've got notes for my own self-insert via isekai for a few different titles cause my blorbos don't mesh well. It was quite a good idea to fall for the monster trio cause they're all already all there and together XD

The pet names are sending me \o/ they're so cute xD I love little pink-haired masc witch from another world!

Thank you very much for sharing ❤️

[nursingwriter]

Crohn's Disease: Promising New Findings About Its Molecular Basis Like it or not, the human digestive system requires bacteria to operate. But if these friendly bacteria penetrate the wall of the intestine the bacteria can become harmful rather than helpful. "This is why a thin, continuous layer of interconnected cells, called an epithelium, lines the intestinal surface creating a barrier that prevents bacteria from crossing that border"("Researchers Identify Molecular Basis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease," 2007, European Molecular Biology). Until recently, the mechanisms that control the epithelium were unknown. Now scientists have discovered what they call "NF-kB," a signaling molecule that helps cells cope with stress by reducing inflammation in the intestinal epithelium "("Researchers Identify Molecular Basis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease," 2007, European Molecular Biology). Scientists created a mouse that does not express NEMO, a protein needed to activate NF-kB, in intestinal epithelial cells. "As a result, these mice developed severe chronic intestinal inflammation very similar to the human disease known as Crohn's" ("Researchers Identify Molecular Basis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease," 2007, European Molecular Biology). Crohn's disease impairs the lives of more than four million people worldwide ("Researchers Identify Molecular Basis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease," 2007, European Molecular Biology). It is a chronic inflammatory disorder that can produce abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss. Traditional treatment therapies for Crohn's disease involve antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, steroids, and surgery (Feller 2001:1). Crohn's appears to run in families. Previous research indicated that it was caused by a combination of genetic and environmental causes, the degree to which appeared uncertain. For example, two Swedish studies suggested that the risk of contracting Crohn's disease might be increased in individuals whose mothers had contracted measles during pregnancy, but subsequent research discounted the data collection involved in the studies, and found no correlation or causation in the proposed connection (Metcalf 1998:1). The most promising research prior to the study of NB-kB research suggested that the standard treatment of first giving Crohn's patients traditional corticosteroids and then turning to newer types of anti-inflammatory drugs should be reversed. Researchers randomly assigned 65 Crohn's patients to get a combination of anti-inflammatory drugs and then steroids while a group of 64 other Crohn's patients received the conventional treatment of steroids first, followed later by the same two anti-inflammatory drugs used in the other trial. After 6 months, 60% of those who initially received infliximab and azathioprine, the anti-inflammatory drugs, were entirely free of Crohn's disease symptoms, while only 36% of those getting steroids were asymptomatic, a heartening result given the severe side effects of steroids in comparison to these other drugs (such as weight gain and osteoporosis). The study supports the findings of the recent NF-kB research given that infliximab neutralizes an inflammation-causing protein called tumor necrosis factor alpha. This protein regulates "a common inflammation pathway that just happens to be important in Crohn's disease," suggesting that a specific, targeted molecular approach to treatment may be more helpful for Crohn's patients than steroids (Seppa 2008) Future drugs, however, could directly address the problems regarding NF-kB, rather than simply treating the symptoms of inflammation. "NF-kB acts as a survival signal for cells. Without the molecule cells are much more likely to die and this is what happened in the intestines of... mice; individual epithelial cells died disrupting the gut lining. Through these gaps bacteria could penetrate the intestinal wall. Right behind the gut epithelium lie cells of the intestinal immune system, the biggest immune system of our body. It detects the invading bacteria and generates a strong immune response to fight off the invaders. In the process of combating the bacteria, the immune cells secrete a cocktail of signals that bring about the symptoms of inflammation...Inflammatory signals also reach the epithelial cells that due to the lack of NF-kB are very sensitive to them and die. The death of more epithelial cells creates bigger gaps in the gut lining so that more bacteria enter. The result is a constant immune response leading to chronic inflammation" ("Researchers Identify Molecular Basis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease," 2007, European Molecular Biology). The finding that defective NF-kB signals in the gut epithelium initiates the outbreak of inflammation involved in Crohn's disease could produce more effective, specific, and targeted drug treatments without, hopefully, the side effects of steroids. It could enable patients to get treatments before the death of epithelial cells becomes chronic and life altering. Although still in its nascent stages, this may ultimately be more an effective approach to treat Crohn's than either drugs or surgical removal of the diseased tissue from the gut, neither of which produces long-standing and permanent cure. Works Cited Feller, Edward R. (2001, Nov. 15). "Gynecologic Aspects of Crohn's Disease." American Family Physician. Retrieved through FindArticles.com 27 Jul. 2008. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_10_64/ai_80099745 Metcalf, Jane (1997, 17 Jan). "Is measles infection associated with Crohn's disease?" British Medical Journal. Jan 17, 1998. Retrieved through FindArticles.com 27 Jul. 2008. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0999/is_n7126_v316/ai_20209769 Researchers Identify Molecular Basis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. (2007, March 15). European Molecular Biology. Reported in ScienceDaily. Retrieved 27 July 2008 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070314134742.htm Seppa, Nathan. (8 Mar, 2008). "Raising doubts about Crohn's treatment" Science News. Retrieved through FindArticles.com 27 Jul. 2008 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_10_173/ai_n24943594 Read the full article

[kuroajikuro]

hello, i'm nemo. 20+, they/him

i'll probably occasionally upload things here as i'm more active on twitter (@ikajyanaii), but otherwise for reblogs and replies and such you can find me on my main blog (blackhorsemackerel)

⚠️ i draw and post ship art often, so if you don't like that then i'd advise you avoid this account and/or mute tags accordingly. pairings are also reversible.

personal use ⭕ / reposting/reproduction* ❌

(* - use in edits is allowed if you link it to me (i actually just wanna see what you make LOL))

[poeelianawhitcomb]

Our brief for this project

Your task is to create a range of work that responds to the theme Pieces of Eight, which focuses on the extraordinary world of Pirates and Privateers on the open sea!. In 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island, a story of "buccaneers and pirate gold" set in the 1700s. It tells the tale of Jim Hawkins (the cabin boy), Captain Flint and the eponymous anti hero Long John Silver and showcases the battles, the deadly deeds and the backstabbing that vast heaps of treasure can cause! The actual island in the book was based upon Isla de Pinos near Cuba, which served as a supply base for pirates for about 300 years and there are many other stories of male and female pirates throughout the ages including Anne Bonny, Blackbeard, Calico Jack and Mary Read hitos://www.history.com/news/8-real-life-pirates-who-roved-the-high-seas (find out more here to add to your blog). The Golden Age of piracy was focused between 1650s and the 1730s and your selection of work may be built from this era or develop into a more fantasy/horror or sci fi focus with a nod to Jules Verne and his 19th century Captain Nemo and the Nautilus or strange stories of mutiny in TV series like The Terror https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0954ks and games like Pirates of the Caribbean or books like the Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. You will generate work through a series of workshops including reverse clay carving and plaster casting, polymer clay sculpting, resin casting and rotoscoping and character illustration for trading card design. The trials of the processes and materials will offer a 'visual dictionary' and allow you to build a story that suggest worlds of wonder or nightmare - utilising photographs and imagination as the starting point of story behind the visual mapping and compositional development in relation to the theme, story, colour range, historical incident, book, film or place using mixed media and professional specialist materials, before photographing for your online portfolio and exhibiting in Leonardo House!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0954ks

[vicky104-blog]

3 MASTERPIECE MOVIES

Did you watch a movie that inspires you? How did it impact your perspective in life? Do you have a favorite movie?

In this blog, I will share 3 masterpiece movies. Then I will tell you why this movie changed my perspective on life.

SHINDLER’S LIST

The story depicts the righteous deeds of Oskar Schindler during World War II. Oskar Shindler was a German Industrialist, born in Hungary on April 1908. He was known for saving the lives of 1,200, Jews. He gave bribes and luxury items to Nazi officials to keep his workers safe. Oskar Schindler died in October 1974.

Schindler's List is a historical drama film. It’s powerful at the same time heartbreaking. Watching it is almost too realistic, you can feel the despair and fear of Jewish People. The ending was so powerful, particularly when Schindler regretted that he didn’t save as many as he could have done. It's one of the great movies ever made.

                                           “One who saves one life saves the world entire”

It did change my perspective in life, knowing it happened in real life. The atrocity of the Nazis changes the course of history. People may try to reverse history through false information, but those who suffered from history can’t deny the human capacity to do atrocious deeds. 

Meanwhile, some are grateful for their privileged life but still many people are suffering. Those who are privileged can’t understand the condition of the people who suffer in this economy.

FORREST GUMP

“Love is like a box of chocolate,” is the movie's famous line. As the title mentions, Forrest Gump is the protagonist of the movie. He is intellectually or mentally challenged and has a physical impairment. Despite life problems, he has a positive attitude to face any circumstances. 

Forrest Gump went through a lot of adventures while holding on to his love for Jenny.

Eventually, Jenny and Forrest met again and had a son, but the former died afterward.

Forrest Gump was taught with some wisdom from her mother. Indeed, the love of wisdom makes him profound and tough. Furthermore, this movie made me realize that no matter the circumstances always cling to hope and be optimistic. 

MR. NOBODY

Nemo is the last mortal on earth, at the age of 118 and his memory is deteriorating he is interviewed by a journalist to disclose completely his life. 

The central theme of Mr. Nobody is about choices. Everything remains possible in life to happen before making a choice otherwise, once you make a choice there will be consequences. The movie is profound in addressing free will and finding the meaning of life by making a choice.

As a creator of your life, every decision you make is right. Your choices may go wrong depending on how you perceive the circumstances but it doesn’t matter, find meaning whatever the circumstances are. it's up to you to find meaning and seize the diverse possibility of making a choice. 

These 3 masterpiece movies that I share can change your perspective. Oskar, Forrest, and Nemo represent each of us. The point of life is to create purpose and meaning.