#Swan's Seven

[houseswife]

wilson saying “I need to do this. for you.” is fucking insane actually. in the same episode where house is deciding whether or not he should commit suicide as a result of wilson’s dying. They are each other’s lines between life and death. humans have a biological instinct to preserve their survival at all costs; house has an addiction that governs his life. but they were willing to forgo all of it for one another, because they couldn’t fathom it being any other way. IM SICK

[sboochi]

Oho? It's Red Shoes' 4th anniversary? Time to bring out an over-the-top Swan Lake AU fanart, then

[taohun]

i’ve never known a man who loved me.

[justgivemeabookplease]

I’m thinking about how Wasteland, Baby was a call to action and a tongue-and-cheek acceptance of the end of the world. And how Eat Your Young and Unreal Unearth are about the nine circles of Hell, about the afterlife, about the consequences after death. I’m thinking about one album cover being under water and another being buried under earth, about NFWMB “ain’t it like thunder under earth the sound it makes”, about Unreal Unearth and unearthing something, un-burial, about Like Real People Do “what did you bury before those hands pulled me from the earth.”

I’m thinking Eat Your Young, about Kronos’ mythology, about hunger for and to keep power, about gluttony. I’m thinking about Swan Upon Leda, about the lust Zeus had for Leda, about the greed of man over bodies, about who is the sinner. I’m thinking about angels, about their lack of power in Swan Upon Leda “could never belong to angels”, about their fall from grace in the “Unknown” song “I thought you were like an angel/going unknown as any angel/you called me angel.”

I’m thinking about Hozier.

[bekksrich]

[cats-and-cacti]

[thestuffedalligator]

The capital-P Point of Frankenstein is that the creature is a blank slate. Tabula rasa. He's an Adam who was foresworn by his creator with no understanding of the world, and has to slowly, bitterly, painstakingly develop that understanding.

It's a literary choice made as part of the grander allegory that does not need to be interpreted literally by a modern lens. Mary Shelley was writing a fiction and it's not important that it's not how bringing a brain back to life would actually. Y'know. Work.

That being said, there's untapped comedy and horror in a retelling of Frankenstein where the creature does have his previous life's memories.

[tybaltsjuliet]

fake disney remakes by year: snow white, 1937

blanche snow has been bringing a smile and a song to a depressed america since she was a child. gracious to a fault and sweet as pie, she’s adored by her audiences, her co-stars, and her studio alike. even the gossip columnist flo prince, whose pen is as a dagger in the hearts of leading players and studio execs everywhere, can’t help but love her.

but there’s one person who doesn’t appreciate seeing blanche’s face beaming out at her from a magazine or a poster: her stepmother, hildy la verne. once upon a time, hildy was the uncontested queen of the silver screen, but the talkies cramped her over-the-top style, and the studios got tired of hushing up her scandals - like the mysterious death of her last husband.

when blanche is cast in a sound remake of one of hildy’s old films, she hits her breaking point. she doesn’t believe blanche when she swears that she tried to talk the studio out of it, and what was once an ordinary dislike of the girl turns into pure poison.

hildy hires the gangster “doc” diamante to get rid of blanche for good, promising a queen’s ransom for getting the job done. but doc and his fellas aren’t nearly as bad as they’d like people to think they are - and they love blanche’s movies. so it’s not difficult for her to come out the other side with seven new bodyguards and a safe place to hide from her stepmother.

meanwhile, blanche’s disappearance has become the talk of hollywood. flo is convinced that hildy was involved, and he’s determined not to let her get away with it... but she’s proving a lot more dangerous than he thought she was.

feat. rachel zegler as blanche snow, freddy carter as flo prince, jessica chastain as hildy la verne, and steve buscemi as “doc” diamante.

[sevenswansinatrenchcoat]

You can't understand how insane (and occasionally typo'ed) the Amazing Devil lyrics are until you've decided to make a CD booklet on a whim and are desperately trying to separate out who sings what

[jimfromyourmothersship]

My crush in childhood. Favorite list.

The Snow Queen ("The Snow Queen", USSR, 1957)

2. The little robber ("The Snow Queen", USSR, 1957)

3. Odette ("Barbie of Swan Lake", 2003)

4. Vasilisa ("Vasilisa Mikulishna", USSR, 1975)

5. Царица Забава ("The Flying Ship", USSR, 1979)

6. Eris ("SInbad: Legend of the Seven Seas", 2003)

7. Captain Amelia ("Treasure Planet", 2002)

8. Maleficent ("Sleeping Beauty", 1959)

9. Lady Tremaine ("Cinderella", 1950)

To be continued...

[icarus-star]

ollie sway is the living embodiment of a sufjan stevens song

thank you, have a nice night

(please do not argue with this, it's something that brings me great amounts of joy 🙌)

[romancemedia]

My Favourite Cartoon and Anime Villains

[fuckyeahsufjanstevens]

I'm embarking on a master's thesis exploring Seven Swans and it's resonance with contemplative theology. Before I begin, I'm looking for more information on Sufjan's writing/recording process, the influence of Daniel Smith, inspiration behind the lyrics, etc.. Anything other interviews that reveal Sufjan's views on faith would also be very helpful! Can you point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Here's a hodge-podge of things that might be interesting to you:

2004 interview with The Guardian doesn't have much but it does have this quote specific to Seven Swans: 'I can see patterns in the songs about relationships with family, lovers and friends, or a divine being, and sometimes songs confuse the two,' Stevens says. 'There's an attitude of reverence and awe and love, in terms of very corporeal love with God, as well as with people.'

2006 interview with Busted Halo talks about feelings surrounding being public about his faith

Since you mentioned Daniel Smith, I imagine you're aware of Danielson: A Family Movie? Sufjan does make some appearances in there.

Sufjan was a guest on a podcast called Don't Look Back where artists talk about songs that changed how they think about music, and that conversation touched on faith in songwriting. Our blog has some quotes from it but I don't know how easy it is to get ahold of the episode--if you have iTunes, you can try the source link on that page.

True Myth: A Conversation with Sufjan Stevens 2015 interview in Pitchfork has some more recent comments from him about his faith

This 2012 interview for PEN America is a long listen but I recall that Sufjan talks a lot about inspiration and things of that nature in here, though I don't remember if Seven Swans comes up specifically.

In 2017, Sufjan wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post: Stop repeating the heresy of declaring the United States a ‘Christian nation’

Hope that helps!

[predatory-w-a-s-p]

why does he have wings?

cuz he is the lord

[pixie-skull]

My 278th edit and a huge thank you to @2009jorose for the suggestion and motivation too. =D I do attribute this edit to my friend @sailorzelda94 and I miss this friend so much. As well in tribute to @0chaotic-queer0 and @geebs96 . However I did take a few of casting ideas (as shown in first picture) and my own casting. I for whatever reason have a 10 photo limit, so please excuse my inability to post my typical “in the making” references. I am curious though who did I cast you agree with, disagree, and more (like asking what inspired outfits, which yes I attempted to recreate some famous portraits, or at least foreground characters). :D As well thank you @airasora for the background character I used her outfit in this edit too from Cinderella 2.

Henry VII: I casted Vladimir as similar body type, an underused character, if I could make videos, he has good scenes from the movie Anastasia.

Catherine of Aragon: I casted Cinderella as again reasons of @sailorzelda94 and bonus plenty of scenes over Cinderella trilogy.

Anne Boleyn: I know @2009jorose played with the idea of Meg, but I understand such limited screen time is that, limited in Hercules. That being said Meg I enjoyed the idea as Anne Boleyn. I suppose Marina from Dreamworks Sinbad could work, yet Meg looks closer to real life Anne Boleyn.

Jane Seymour: I agree with @2009jorose in casting Odette.

Anne of Cleves: I am aware my dear friend said Anastasia Tramaine, but in doing my research Anne is a brunette. So with Drizella has a nearly identical face to Anastasia, brunette and an also underused character with plenty of screentime, in my hypothetical video she would work.

Kathryn Howard: I would pick Vanessa, yet technically for body shots that could be not too in the face Ariel as @sailorzelda94 suggested. Bonus Melody I could use for younger alluded scenes in Kathryn Howard’s song.

Catherine Parr: Belle is a great fit so I agree with both @sailorzelda94 and @2009jorose .

[haischaper]

Second Line-Up for Twice Before!

Character names/Origins in order:

Brick (The Three Little Pigs), Diamond (Billy Goat Gruff/The Wolf and the Seven young Goats), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Jack (Jack and the Beanstalk/Jack and Jill), Vaserella (Cinderella/The Ugly Duckling/The Swan Princess/Vasirila the beautiful)