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You’re not an unthinking liberal, are you?

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THIS

ok ok ok ok ok ok can I just have a quick lil moment of your time?

This shit.

So Hunchback is far and away my favorite movie from Disney’s Renaissance, and it always makes me so happy that yes, people seem to appreciate it, people seem to love it, but I’mma go into exactly WHY it’s my favorite, and WHY I think it’s so crucial, and WHY I think it should be required viewing for young boys specifically.

We all know that a huge bulk of the media we’ve grown up with consistently has that one frustrating message:  Being the hero means you’ll get the girl.  Many boys let this mentality bleed into reality.  We have “nice guys,” who feel that their niceness entitles them to romance, when obviously that discredits a female’s personal choice.  We all get this, we all know this, and a lot of us get that it’s a toxic message.

So check out our hero.

He’s an incredibly good person who isn’t conventionally attractive.

Check out our lady.

Super good person, conventionally attractive.

The movie so deliberately builds up Quasi’s hopes.  There’s a whole fucking song about it.

But Esmeralda, who is her own person with her own motivations and preferences, chooses another man, who is also good and also attractive.

A lot of people criticize this aspect of the movie, the fact that Quasi doesn’t get the girl BECAUSE of his appearance.  But my argument?  This is the best damn message a movie could ever send.

Because when things get dicey, when Esmeralda’s life in in danger, when Quasi would be putting his own life on the line, he knows that romance is no longer within the realm of possibility.  He knows he won’t be “getting the girl.”  He knows this, and he allows himself a moment of bitterness, he risks falling prey to the “nice guy” trope, and he almost succumbs.

“She already has her knight in shining armor, and it’s not me.”

BUT THEN HE DOES THE RIGHT THING.

He has NO ulterior motive for saving her life.  NO ulterior motive for opposing the man who raised him.  And he doesn’t know that he’ll get any reward, he knows he could straight up get killed for his actions, and yet he still acts.

And there’s no bitterness. There’s still so, so much love between him and Esmeralda, pure awesome platonic love, and love between him and Phoebus, and just fucking love all around, it’s amazing.

I’ve heard so many people express distaste at Quasi not ending up with Esmerelda.  Like he was cheated out of some kind of reward.  But have they watched the ending?

Does that look like a man cheated of his reward?  Does he look like he “lost” to Phoebus?  No dude, that’s a man who has everything he ever wanted, and that’s also a man who didn’t “get the girl.”

If that’s not an essential message for young boys to hear, I don’t know what is.

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She warned me about how moody she is; she thought I’d easily leave if she showed me all her day faces, but she didn’t know how much I love the moon and all its phases.

Maram Rimawi (via wnq-writers)

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Girls who read books, don’t want a prince charming riding on a white horse to barge into their lives with a happily ever-after and change their world forever. They want someone who will slip into their life silently, holding them up. The one whose eyes will penetrate into their soul and delve into the depths of their emotions. They want someone who will kiss their scars and read the stories behind each one of them. They don’t wait for a man who will hold their hand and guide them to light. They dream about someone who will be brave enough to explore the darkness hidden inside them. They wait for the one who will bask in the fog of their frozen soul without shivering.

bibliophilic-loner (via wnq-writers)

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Always and Forever, Lara Jean cover reveal

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Writing Prompt #2

I just posted the writing prompt for this week, so make sure you submit something! Remember, entries are due the Friday following the posting date. Winners are announced on Saturday.

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Writing Prompt #2 

(9/18/2016 to 9/23/2016)

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I think I might be ready (physically, not emotionally) to begin the reread. Post-it tabs are to mark my favourite bits. :)

Does it bother anyone else that An Echo In The Bone is so *•.¸*•.¸GREEN¸.•*´¸.•*´? It’s like they all dressed up for a fancy dinner, and Echo and A Breath Of Snow And Ashes came dressed for the disco. I forgive Ashes because she is a precious silvery alien angel ♥ but Echo, just, no. Go home, you are high.

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Disney Challenge #1- Your Favorite Disney Character

I think this is possibly one of the hardest questions I think you could ask me in regards to Disney. There are so many amazing characters that are simply too wonderful to choose a favorite from. I’ve thought  a lot about it, but I think my final decision is Pocahontas. She is so incredibly brave, and is arguably one of the strongest women characters that Disney has. Yes, she does have a love interest in the film, but she doesn’t let him control her. She challenges him, and calls him out when he is wrong. I think the strongest point in the movie for me was during the farewell scene between John Smith and Pocahontas. She chooses to stay with her tribe and send John back to England. Even though she would have wanted John to stay with her, she knew they belonged in two different places. Her incredible strength and courage lands her the role of one of my favorite Disney characters. 

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Recently, I’ve been struggling with what I should post on a day to day basis. The inspiration simply won’t hit me. So, I did a quick search of daily writing challenges and I think I found the best one: a Disney challenge! I’m quite excited to be answering these. 

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Rainy days and sore throats call for earl grey and Outlander. What are you reading on your Saturday?

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And endings are always the beginnings of something else.

Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s (via books-n-quotes)