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The debut event of Northern Uniform at Niltoni Studios in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Niltoni Studios! Rocking the daylight #Photo #Studios #Newcastle #Photography #Image #Creative #Editorial #CreativeSpace #NorthEast #Sunshine #NaturalLight #Model #fashion #product #Image

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Thank you to everyone who got me to 250 likes!

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Thank you to everyone who got me to 250 likes!

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Concept art for Treasure Planet (2002)

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i never knew there were men in the room for this, “that was tough” oh man they were not prepared XD

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Sometimes I think about how and why some people had such a *bad* reaction to the end of Steven Universe, specifically in regards to the Diamonds living.

Even though they no longer are causing harm to others and are able to actually undo some of their previous harm by living, some folks reacted as though this ending was somehow morally suspect. Morally bankrupt, even.

And I think it might be because so many of us were raised on a very specific kind of kids media trope:

They all fall to their deaths.

Disney loves chucking their bad guys off cliffs. And it makes sense- in a moral framework where villains *must* be punished (regardless of whether their death will actually prevent further harm or not), but killing of any kind is morally bad for the hero, the narrative must find a way to kill the villain without the protagonists doing a murder.

It's a moral assumption that a person can *deserve* to die, that it is cosmically just for them to die, that them dying is evidence that the story itself is morally good and correct. Scar *deserves* to die, but it would be bad for Simba to kill him. So....cliff. (edit: yes, cliff then hyenas. But cliff first. Lol.)

Steven Universe, whatever else it's faults, took a step back and said "but if killing people is bad, then people dying is bad", and instead of dropping White Diamond off a cliff, asked "what would actual *restorative*, not punitive, justice look like? What would actual reparations mean here? If the goal is to heal, not just to punish, how do we handle those who have done harm?" And then did that.

Which I think is interesting, and that there was pushback against it is interesting.

It also reminds me of the folks who get very weird about Aang not killing Ozai at the end of Avatar. And like, Ozai still gets chucked in prison, so it doesn't even push back on our cultural ideas of punitive justice *that much.* and still, I've seen people get real mad that the child monk who is the last survivor of a genocide that wiped out his entire pacifist culture didn't do a murder.

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Harper Thursday and the magic lantern™️ premieres at The Common Room, Newcastle upon Tyne July 17 2025. A musical for the whole family inspired by Disney and Studio Ghibli - a brand new adventure which takes Harper Thursday and her new friend the ghost of a chimney sweep Charlie on a fantastic adventure into books with the aid of a magic lantern . From the lands of Wizard of Oz , to Alice in Wonderland , Winnie to Pooh to Peter Pan. Brand new songs, magical production … created by the team behind smash hit Dickens by candlight - a Christmas Carol . Pure joy!

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Here is your mission.

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So today I watched this interview with the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast and they demonstrate the phenomenon "space ship acting"

and they all go

and it just cracks me up, ESPECIALLY Sir Patrick Stewart

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Setting the studios for a cinematic shoot!

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Media is incapable of providing context.

Trump's first impeachment, abuse of power, is all but forgotten five years later.

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Help!!! Dalek!

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From concept to realisation - this month we also celebrated one year of Niltoni Studios . Our multipurpose photography, video and recording studios . Home of Niltoni Creative Agency and Niltoni Broadcast Network ( Podcast)

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Roma, gennaio 2025