#little details

[hairupintheair]

This is the scene that made me fall in love with this movie.

It would have been so easy for them to just make cliche villains and say, "Oh the Rock Trolls hate anything like happiness and friendship, they're the opposite of Pop Trolls in every way." But they didn't.

Instead they gave us a scene that allows us to relate to the Rock Trolls, despite being antagonists in the story, and at the same time show us a vulnerable side of the main antagonist that made her more than just a one-dimensional villain.

And you know what, Barb is right. Friendship DOES take a lot of work, and don't think many people realize that consciously. As a recluse introvert, I've always been very aware of how much time and investment my friendships require. Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do, or that you need courage to do, because a friend asks for help. Sometimes you need to spend time with friends even if you're tired yourself, because they need someone to listen or to stand by them. Sure, sometimes friendships are spontaneous and spring up in random places, but that doesn't mean you're not putting in the work to keep those friendships and grow them.

TLDR: I love Barb so much, she's right and she should say it.

[exquisite-evans]

HOW DID I MISS THIS?!?! Charlie is wearing Nick’s gold shirt…

They handed it to me in the same montage, on a platter, and I STILL missed it!!!

(Credit to aurispx on Twitter for pointing it out):

[raayllum]

when Callum ever so gently lingers on Rayla's fingertips

[psychokinetic-ectoplasm]

He had no right to be looking so good in this scene... From all angles

[dyingroses]

Raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens . . . .

[the-apology-dance]

I figured out recently they hid something in S1 and remembered my post of him booping Crowley’s nose in his human form.

Congrats. Aziraphale mimes it here in S1, as they can’t outwardly show affection due to being watched. Still managed to mime a little “boop” with the coin.

[covesdadappreciation]

Little Our Life character creation detail that I ADORE.

A new little step 1 MC of mine looks like this:

right? Well I tried out the step 2 preview not that long ago and realized a little adorable detail

Even when you change their hair color, the "natural" hair color on the eyebrows stay. I know it's not much, but it matters to me. I love it.

[plasmodiumpyrexia]

Some crying tropes:

[A] hears [B] approach - the door opens, footsteps or B's voice - and quickly wipes their eyes, trying to act as normal possible while keeping their face hidden from B

When A is in a state of shock and the tears start falling without them fully realizing it

Tears merging with rain and shower breakdowns (especially shower breakdowns)

Waking up in tears after a nightmare or fever dream, the lingering confusion and fear, they're alone and scared...

That choked up, watery, wavering voice

Sight blurred by tears

An accumulation of stress; A is mentally/emotionally exhausted and bursts into tears over something small

A's words are quickly lost to hitching breaths and helplessly sobbing in B's arms

Apologizing for crying, for "being a mess", for bothering B (and B's reassurance that it's perfectly ok)

When its A's turn to be the strong one, they look like they're going to cry but they're trying hard not to, not in front of the others

A thinks they're hiding it but B gives them a soft, knowing "what's wrong?" look and they just. break

[hairupintheair]

So much love for the little details in these movies.

Shout out to the little Troll kids who, hearing different music for the first time, are excited while all the adults are wary and disgusted.

[fictional-men-have-my-heart]

Day 12

Hello all who have followed along so far or may be new! I’m posting from my laptop today, not my phone, so hopefully everything still comes through okay. I wrote this in Word and then had to copy and past for the bullet points as I’ve never used the laptop before. 

Imagine how the ghost crew and others would react to you remembering something little about them. 

Price

Price fixes you with a puzzled look as you set his coffee down in front of him already made. He can’t recall telling you how to make it, as usually he just had it brought to him black and he’d fix it himself.

“How did you know how I take my coffee?”

“I’ve watched you make it almost every morning sir, I tend to pick up on patterns.” You smile, laughing slightly as you leave his office.

He grins to himself, blaming the warmth he feels on the drink in his hands.

Ghost

Ghost watches warily as you slide a mug across the table to him. You raise an eyebrow in response, taking a sip of your drink.

“What’s wrong Lt?” You ask.

“What is that?” He grumbles, eyes flicking from the mug to you.

“Tea? I know you prefer it to coffee.”

“Most people don’t make it how I drink it.”

“And I’ve watched you make it most every morning Lt, I learn fast.” You turn your eyes to the newspaper splayed out on the table, picking it up.

Ghost takes a drink, pleasantly surprised that indeed, you had made his drink the way he prefers.

Soap

Soap didn’t initially notice you setting a plate in front of him as you sat down across from him, engrossed in a conversation about sparring later that afternoon with Gaz. After a few moments he feels a nudge on his elbow, looking down to see a sandwich on a plate.

“What’s this?” He asks, cocking his head at you.

“Food. I haven’t seen you eat this morning, and if you’re sparring with Gaz here later, you should probably eat something.”

“Watchin’ me are you?” He jokes, picking up the sandwich and taking a bite as he turns back to Gaz. He freezes for a moment, whipping his head over to look at you. You snort a laugh, watching recognition flash across his features.

“How did you-“

“You eat the same one every time you get the chance Soap.”

Gaz

Gaz didn’t think people paid too much attention to him, so when you presented him with a bag of sweets, he was shocked.

“How did you know I liked these?”

“You constantly have them on you Gaz, I don’t think I’ve seen you go more than a few days without some other than long field missions.” You laughed, patting his shoulder and moving on with your tasks.

The smile that crept onto his face was unshakeable for the rest of the day.

Alejandro

Alejandro didn’t realize his homesickness was evident to the others until you had sat yourself across from him with a white bakery box.

“Hey, what was that pastry you and Rudy had mentioned you liked? Has cinnamon and sugar but it’s not a churro?”

“I think you’re thinking of sopaipillas, why?”

“I think that’s what I found?” You say, flipping the lid open and spinning it to face him. He grinned in response, looking up to you.

“Where did you get these?”

“Little hole in the wall bakery I saw, I’m not sure they’re the same as what you’d get at home, but I figured it was worth a shot.”

“Thank you, really. Here, take one.”

Rudy

Rudy was a bit different in terms of remembering things. He didn’t recall telling anyone what drinks he prefers, but when you came back to base after a quick trip out for supplies with Soap, he did a double take when he saw his favorite waiting on his cot. He figured out pretty quickly it wasn’t Soap and smiled a bit as he went about his duties.

When passing you in the halls between meetings with Alejandro and Price, he smiles and nods.

“Thanks for keeping me in mind.” He murmurs, and then he’s gone again.

König

König is a very private person, similar to Ghost. However, a minor detail he didn’t guard closely was what kind of cookies he’d usually pick up whenever he had the chance.

You picked up the trend after a few times, and when you were out and about at one point, you snagged a pack while he stuck in a meeting.

You had slipped it to him as you passed him in the halls, looking over your shoulder and catching him staring at the package you’d given him. He looked up and nodded, waving as the door closed behind you.

[raayllum]

Now obviously this isn't a total 1-to-1 (and there are exceptions) but Finnegrin grabbing Callum's chin a few times in 5x08 felt familiar, and I realized it's a consistent piece of body language we see characters use when exerting force or manipulation towards the person they're entering (or invading) the space of

Conversely, face touches are almost more loving / mutually comforting

We see this play out the most by proxy with Rayllum (specifically with Rayla initiating, which she likely grew into due to Runaan and Ethari) simply because 1) they have the most scenes together and 2) I think the pattern of Finnegrin grabbing Callum's face in 5x08 is one of the reasons Rayla gently touching Callum's cheek after everything feels like such a comfort / sigh of relief for both of them (even if their troubles are hardly over, as Callum knows in particular).

Anyway, just something I thought was neat!

[filecabinett]

I Found this little detail in lil’ pootis!!

The spy’s head is tanner than his body, because the spy’s head has been with red, where it’s hotter/easier to tan!

Super duper cool!!

[0xy--m0r0n]

Marceline the Star

[attheendoftheline]

Songbird…

Something I love about the show is there’s so much to discover, so much of that little bit of detail but none of it is exactly hidden. The musicals quite explicit on what it’s about what to except but there’s the little things you miss, pardon them pun. Today I want to talk about Eurydice and how she is  essentially a sacrificial Lamb by being a “songbird”.

Hades says it best himself :

“Hey, little songbird, you've got something fine

You'd shine like a diamond down in the mine

And the choice is yours if you're willing to choose

Seeing as you've got nothing to lose

And I could use a canary”

Eurydice is a canary in a Cole mine, and it’s beyond metaphorical!

Canaries were kept by miners up until the 1980s where more solid technology took over the job of gas detection, but they’re so deeply ingrained in mining culture to this day. The birds were loved by miners as they did save their lives on several occasions and I’d like to think it’s nice having a bright, pretty little bird down there. It lifts spirits.

She’s bright and ambitious thinking that signing was the right choice, she’s standing out amongst everyone. I believe the hope would have been “look she’s happy about it , why aren’t the rest of you? Cheer up”. But that doesn’t happen. Eurydice tries in vain to talk with the shades, get them to answer her or turn away from their work for five seconds…they don’t. She starts to get worried she starts to struggle and shake in her new cage.

The second thing she does is detect danger. The fates spell it out a bit but she very quickly comes tp realize just how bad it is. How lifeless, dreary and hopeless it is to make them willingly forget and stop seeing. She tries to stop it, she pulls on arms and tries to stop the line— she can’t. What use is a canary if you can’t see it go belly up? You can’t - won’t- hear it’s warning? In most cases their lifesaving, here she’s just an accessory to the drive of the machine.

Another is songbird V Rattlesnake. Not only is it a threat in nature but it’s also a reference to the myth.  originally for some reason or another - sometimes a stranger  pursues her other times it’s simply dancing…she steps on a snake and dies. This can also play Into the multiple levels of the song where yes it is a literal conversation, on the other hand it you can also take it as her accepting death/giving up the fight to hunger. Here hades is three forms of death, for this version specifically I guess we can say labor.

[plasmodiumpyrexia]

Thinking about a really specific thing: Characters putting their hands on their chest.

Like after a coughing fit (that already sounds painful), caretaker looks over to see whumpee with their hand on their chest, giving it a lil rub...

Or if their heart skips a beat and they automatically reach to their chest. And if their heart is racing, feeling each beat pound away under their hand.

And when they're struggling to catch their breath. One hand is on their heaving chest and the other is braced on the wall, lungs burning and dark spots dancing in their vision as they gasp for air.

Maybe it's the only outward sign of their inner turmoil. Unease building, making it feel like the air is being sucked out of the room, a hand on their tight chest.

Or maybe, it simply hurts.

And the gesture just looks concerning, like even if whumpee isn't fully clutching their chest, they still seem uncomfortable. Something's up and it's probably not good.

[xieyaohuan]

OMG not only did they give him zippers on his sleeves...

...they gave him Vought-branded zippers...

... and they're matching The Deep's.