okay americans i gotta ask because as an European i grew up with lots of american shows and cartoons and in a lot of them there was an episode where they give the protags a doll or an egg or a bag of flour or whatever and told them pretend to be its parents or something
When I was a very suicidal trans activist in Texas, Benjamin Sisko saying “sure, you would [die for your people]. Dying gets you off the hook. The question is: are you willing to live for your people?” changed and possibly saved my life. It’s up there with “if we are going to be damned, let us be damned for who we really are” from Picard. Star Trek not only shows us a better world, it teaches us how to make it there
I got the wonderful opportunity to see Labyrinth on the big screen last week (thank you Fathom Events) and I think this time around really helped me nail down one of the things that makes this movie so special to me: the ending message.
A story with a somewhat childish sixteen-year-old girl who immerses herself in magic and fantasy worlds who goes through a journey and a transformation and comes out the other side more mature could very easily have ended with the message of "Now that the adventure in the fantasy world is over, our heroine has grown and matured enough to leave magic and fantasy behind and become an Adult."
But Labyrinth doesn't do that.
Labyrinth says: "You might grow up a little. You might put away your costumes and your music box and your crown. You might give your teddy bear to your little brother. But that doesn't mean you have to leave it all behind. Every so often in your life, for no reason at all, you might need a little magic back in your life. And your friends in the fantasy world will always be there for you."
Obsessed with Lisa Frankenstein, a movie that did everything right. A gothic story in the perspective of a weird horny girl, with slight slasher vibes disguised as romcom, and banger music 🖤
Grandmas were so right about puzzles and knitting and crocheting and solitaire and reading slow and slippers and baking and watching deer in the backyard send post
Lost Boys AU where Max is the only one that dies & Lucy just sort of...adopts everyone.
- David, Dwayne, Paul, Marko & Laddie are now Her Boys just as much as Michael & Sam.
- David calls her Lucy, Dwayne calls her Mrs. Emerson, Paul & Marko both call her Ma.
- Even Star is brought into the family & Lucy is beyond happy to have another girl around the house.
- The cave is still used for partying/hanging out/etc but for the most part they've all moved into the Emerson house. The attic windows were blacked out & the vamps sleep up there by hanging from wooden beams.
- Laddie had a bed up there too so he can "share a bedroom" with his brothers.
- Paul forgives Nanook for almost killing him and they are now Best Friends.
- Nanook essentially becomes their Hell Hound and positions himself outside the attic door during the day.
- Dwayne is Grandpa Emersons favorite because he isn't a pain in the ass & is good with cars.
- Sam wasn't really a fan of this new situation at first but eventually warmed up to it. Now he likes having five extra brothers (even if four of them are vampires)
- The vamps & the Frog brothers have a tentative sort of truce.
- Contrary to popular belief vampires can be photographed & Lucy gets a big family photo taken of everyone to hang up in the living room.