#Tommy 1975

[skippiefritz]

Elton John movie cameo save me Elton John movie cameo

[lil-melody-moon]

"His Sweet Candy" - a "Tommy" story about a niece who finds love in the arms of her dear uncle

It is the time to finally announce that this story is up and about, ready to read as a work in progress for now. I don't know how long it'll be, but there are people who seemed eager to read it so here it is! I'll be tagging you lot in this post with each new chapter and this post will have links to every chapter, being updated as the new ones will be published. Without further ado:

Chapters: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 /

Rating: E - strictly 18+

Relationship: Uncle Ernie x Caroline Walker (self-insert)

Summary: Being the unwanted daughter of her parents set Caroline to be a very easy target from the very beginning. She needed love and who would Uncle Ernie be, if he didn't appear in her life and didn't offer that to her. It was like giving a candy to a child or so it seemed. Creating a family bond with him that later didn't let him touch her, whilst he was watching her grow up became a torture. Only when Uncle Ernie met with Caroline after her chaotic teenage life and early adulthood, did he realize that the bond turned into love and desire he couldn't tame much longer and it seemed that not only he couldn't deal with it anymore.

If anyone else wants to be tagged to be informed about new chapters, let me know <3

Likes, reblogs, kudos and comments are very much appreciated! <3

[justsomeguy-cassavetes]

OLIVER REED as FRANK in TOMMY (1975, dir. KEN RUSSELL)

[thedevilsrain]

[sharoscylla]

Actually I think I deserve to be feral about Tommy 1975

it's a rock opera and it's got elton john and tina Turner in it, yeah, it's got the pinball wizard song, right, goofy times with the who

Tommy Walker is explicitly disabled in a way that reads nowadays as autistic and traumatized, and canonically experiences neglect, physical abuse, and childhood sexual abuse because of the ways in which he is disabled. he is sexually abused by his uncle and, arguably, his cousin, stepdad, and mom. (I think the beans/soap/mirror bedroom "Tommy Can You Hear Me" sequence is. unfortunately. an extremely thinly veiled metaphor.)

his disabilities combined with his talent for pinball turn him into an exploited child/young adult celebrity that his family uses to build their own personal wealth and he gets turned into inspiration porn for the pseudochristian cult they start, which expands further when he "miraculously" regains his sight, hearing, and speech as a 30 year old christ allegory. it's wretched because he does genuinely feel like he can help people by sharing his lived experiences with them, but it's too late - his parents have already turned his example and teachings into a pricey commodity and people who have paid every penny they owned for enlightenment end up violently rebelling against the lies they were (literally) sold, despite Tommy's best intentions.

and what does he get after a lifetime of suffering that culminated in his genuine attempts to help people? he sees his family murdered, everyone who ever supported him marching away into the distance, and he swims off into the sea and to apparent enlightenment, alone.

just. it's such a movie. I must've watched it a couple dozen times in my teen years. it's absolutely the product of its time but it's got a LOT to say about the exploitative nature of organized religion, cults, faith healing, "Disability Parents" (you know what I mean,) show parents/parent managers, cycles of abuse/exploitation, cycles of trauma, military worship, incest, heteronormativity/corrective rape, celebrity worship culture, etc... and like! it's not for everyone, but I still think everyone should have to watch it at least once.

anyway Tommy 1975 everybody. if you pick only one 50 year old Problematic Media to consume this year please pick this one. I need more people to talk to about Jack Nicholson's cameo and the Themes and the Bean Scene and the Ska Enjoying Cultists.

[livingunderaclassicrock]

I posted this back a couple months ago, because my dumbass got May and March mixed up, but here’s the Who-themed zine I made for Pete’s birthday!!

[rosyfingereddawnn]

tommy 1975 you’re the only bitch i trust <33

[furniture-in-film]

Eero Aarnio Ball Chair (1963) in Tommy (1975) dir. Ken Russell

[vesselsofsin]

“Do you think it's alright to leave the boy with cousin Kevin?”

Paul Nicholas as Kevin • Tommy (1975)

[normajeanebaker]

Ann-Margret as Nora Walker Hobbs in Tommy (1975) dir. Ken Russell

[skippiefritz]

just watched peak (Tommy)

[demifiendrsa]

The "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" Tina Turner has passed away at age 83 after a long illness.

Turner became famous in the late 1960s as the singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. After leaving husband Ike Turner following years of physical and emotional abuse, she staged what remains one of the greatest comebacks in pop music history, scoring massive hits in the 1980s such as “What’s Love Got To Do With it”, “Private Dancer” and “The Best”, with more than 180 million albums sold, 12 Grammy Awards won and sold-out stadium tours around the world.

Turner also starred in movies such as the Acid Queen in The Who’s rock opera Tommy (1975) and the villainous Auntie Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, which included another hit, “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)”.

[justsomeguy-cassavetes]

would YOUR parents support you if you were trying to start an international rock and roll pinball cult? no??? then you should think twice before you judge them smh 😤🙌

[percys-lemons]

watching Tommy for the first time, they're all so mean to him :(

[monstraduplicia]

tommy (1975) dir. ken russell + primary colors

[zeals-works]

Ken Russell was a talented director, and one of his greatest strengths was his ability to put music to the moving imagine. I've selected my favorite musical moments from Ken Russell films for your viewing pleasure.