#colin craven

[didanagy]

THE SECRET GARDEN (1993)

dir. agnieszka holland

[yours-truly-henry-jekyll]

Stupid shitty classlit AUs on "Game of Thrones". Part 2.

And at this point I begin to headcanon The Vale has to have heather wastes, because how come both classical AUs I have for Sansa storyline feature Yorkshire so heavily? Okay whatever, here comes The Secret Garden...

1. Sansa Stark as Mary Lennox (I know right now doesn't sound logical, but hear me out. It would get better, probably)

2. Robin Arryn as Colin Craven (I mean just look at those two and tell me it's not the same picture)

3. Petyr Baelish and Lysa Arryn as Archibald and Lilias Craven (I am sorry, but it somehow worked both ways. And I don't know which one is better. But I do lean Petyr as Archibald)

4. Mya Stone as Dickon Sowerby (I have nothing to say other than it works)

5. Bronze John Royce as Ben Weatherstaff

[andreai04]

…thoughts—just mere thoughts—are as powerful as electric batteries—as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison.

[sourlemontart]

My weird cats

[firthbetterorfirthworse]

The Secret Garden (1987)

[nooowestayandgetcaught]

Once Upon A Garden...

read on AO3

2.8k, Mary Lennox & Colin Craven & Archibald Craven, No Rating, The Secret Garden Book/(1993) Movie Summary: Four seasons throughout time: Spring 1918, they celebrate Lilias Craven's memory- Summer 1919, Colin gets a bee sting- Autumn 1920, in an act of mysterious mystery, Archibald vanishes- Winter 1921, Mary gives birth to her only child, Lilias.

[doomteensy]

mfs when they watch the secret garden for the first time and they see colin live to see the light of day instead of just straight up fucking dying at the end

[marysfoxmask]

i was watching some women reacting to ghibli's spirited away and when they saw the scene with the big baby they name dropped colin craven. secret garden fans we are winning

[hitchell-mope]

Nope. She’s your cousin.

[starduskrose]

Turned his face to mine

And then, I turned away

Into the shade...

[lemaldusiecle]

« Je veux juste que tu saches qui je suis vraiment. Et aussi que je regrette des choses […] Et aussi que je t'aime. »

[daveys-sister]

Me watching the secret garden (2020): How is this bitch not dead? The house is on FIRE. This bitch is burning.

[princesssarisa]

Do you think modern authors feel as if Colin's original portrayal is a case of victim-blaming?

He's just a child and obviously the product of the way he's been raised, even though none of the adults mean any harm. It's no wonder that he's a deeply troubled little boy, or that he acts out as a result, and his "tantrums," particularly the climactic one when he thinks he feels a lump on his spine, are really better described as meltdowns or panic attacks in modern terms.

Yet we're supposed to fault him for being a sulky, hysterical, hypochondriac brat. When Mary responds to his meltdown by viciously scolding him, telling him that everybody hates him and that all his fears about his health are just silly hysterics, it's portrayed as good for him and just what he needs to hear.

Of course we can argue that the book strikes a good and fair balance between portraying Colin as a victim and giving him agency and accountability. The fact that he's a product of his upbringing and deserves sympathy can coexist with the fact that his fears are largely self-created (even if the adults did unintentionally plant the seeds in his mind) and that his spoiled behavior is inexcusable. But I still suspect that modern authors sometimes look at his portrayal and think it's a case of ableist victim-blaming.

When I read that The Secret Garden on 81st Street has Mary be lectured to be more understanding about Colin's chronic anxiety, my first thought was "This author must think Burnett's Mary treats Colin unfairly and should have learned to be more understanding." Would you agree that this is a motive of some modern authors who try to "correct" Colin's storyline?

Twenty-first-century adaptations and retellings of The Secret Garden can usually translate into a contemporary setting an emotionally neglected and unloved girl who consequently dislikes people and is unable to connect with them. They can handle a good-hearted boy who has an extraordinary way with animals and plants.

They tend to have no idea how to directly translate an emotionally neglected and unwanted boy who has intense illness anxiety and probably some degree of depression and has been pathologically overindulged. Colin or his equivalent is inevitably significantly altered in ways that the other characters aren't. This has included:

giving him different mental conditions (clinical depression, panic disorder, ADHD)

giving him legitimate health problems that justify the anxiety (asthma, severe allergies, diabetes, a heart condition)

attributing his condition to grief for a lost parent he was close to

gender-flipping him (more often than with the other characters)

making him something non-human, like an android or a ghost

suggesting health problems but being so vague about it that it's never clear what he's actually struggling with

making his preoccupation with health an enforced projection from his father and caregivers with no agency on his part

making the apparent health problems the result of deliberate poisoning by an evil stepmother

ignoring the health issue and giving him a different arc

reducing his agency. reducing it a lot.

And some of these are interesting concepts and arcs in their own right, but they tend to miss the point of the original arc, resulting in a very different character from the original. There's a perception of Burnett's take on Colin as something that needs to be fixed and can't be updated, but this comes from an assumption that the original story is about Throwing Off the Disability. It isn't. It's about working past a fear of something that never needed to be a fear in the first place. The themes could be more translatable to the present day than they're given credit for.

[voluptuarian]

what I wouldn't give for access to the missing tracks from the 93 Secret Garden ost

[crookedjackdaw]

This took much longer than expected

(sorry I edited this it sounded a bit egotistical I'm actually exhausted and didn't realise what written down for 30 mins)

More excuses to get glasses ... And therapy

[skarsjoy]

NEW - Alexander Skarsgård was a guest actor in WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS on episode 6.09 'Come Out and Play' which aired on FX on Monday, December 2, 2024. It's now available to stream on Hulu.

Per Entertainment Weekly in their article titled "Alexander Skarsgård reprises his True Blood role for splashy What We Do in the Shadows cameo':

In a statement, Skarsgård joked, “I’m afraid I have no recollection of shooting this episode as Dr. Laszlo Cravensworth apparently hypnotized me at the wrap party. But I did wake up with an intense physical attraction to Dr. Cravensworth and found his extraordinary wit, charm and intelligence absolutely disarming. I have since started a YouTube fan page for him. It’s called ‘Because you’re Cravens-worth it.’ Please like, follow and subscribe.”

Surprise! Eric Northman is undead and well again.

The star who played the iconic True Blood character, Alexander Skarsgård, reprised the part in this week's edition of a different vampire show: What We Do in the Shadows.

In the episode, titled "Come Out and Play," Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadia (Natasia Demetriou), Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch), and Nandor (Kayvan Novak) get blamed for a murder at a meeting of all the New York vampires and must find a way back to the safety of Staten Island.

At the end of the episode, Doug Jones' Baron Afanas gathers all of the New York vampires again to smooth things over and reassert his control. After his speech, he asks if anyone has any questions, and Laszlo’s monster goes to crush the head of the first person who raises his hand. Standing next to him is Skarsgård, who has his hand raised, but when he sees this shocking act of violence he promptly lowers it. Baron asks him if he had a question. Clearly terrified, he replies, "Nope. I thought I had a question, but then you answered it." The episode ends as Skarsgård and the other vampires disperse.

Photos by Russ Martin/FX via EW and sweetandysour on Instagram