#robin ever the fashion icon

[edgeofthegibbuniverse]

Another pic of the black and white sweater! I believe this is from around 93-94ish, in a German magazine.

[batblobinarobe]

Helicopter Mother Begins

Batman: Legends of the dark knight #150

[girlbossnezuko]

Some scenes from the Stevie Harrington au I’ve been rotating in my mind for months

Details & IDs under the cut:

[ID 1: Stephanie Harrington speaking into a walkie-talkie, her text bubble reads:

“Sound off, shitheads.”

She has long brown hair with big waves, and is wearing a white tank top and blue jeans. She looks vaguely annoyed or exasperated. End ID 1]

[ID 2: Steph lying stomach-down on the end of a bed, propped up on her elbows so she can hold hands with Chrissy Cunningham, who’s speaking. Chrissy’s text bubbles read:

“Jason just doesn’t get it. I wanna hang out, and shop, and cheer, and beat the shit out of interdimensional man-eating monsters. You know, I wanna do girly stuff!”

Steph looks indulgently down at Chrissy, who’s smiling and sitting on the floor. Steph’s wearing a red crop top and blue jeans, and Chrissy has on a yellow and white striped headband, a white and pink floral print button-up shirt, and sunny yellow overalls, which have multicoloured flowers embroidered around the hips and ankles. End ID 2]

Chrissy’s dialogue here is inspired by a similar quote from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, because I thought it would be a fun & cute thing for her to say, and her outfit is inspired by one of princess Diana’s bc she’s a fashion icon.

[ID 3: Steph and Robin Buckley, both in their Scoops Ahoy uniforms, complete with the hats. Robin’s holding up a whiteboard divided into ‘hit’ and ‘miss’ sections. ‘Miss’ has twelve tally marks, and ‘hit’ has a single tally with a small question mark beside it. Their dialogue reads:

Robin: Board’s getting full, Harrington. You’re a real heartbreaker today.

Steph: Told you I could make this outfit work.

Steph is smiling, holding an ice cream scoop, and her hair’s braided over her shoulder with a red scrunchie. Robin looks amused, like she’s teasing. End ID 3]

[ID 4: Steph and Dustin Henderson in the scene from season 2 where they’re leaving a trail of meat for Dart on the railroad tracks. They both have yellow gloves and are holding buckets of meat, and Steph has her bat over her shoulder. Their dialogue reads:

Steph: I’ll bring you some of my Farrah Fawcett spray.

Dustin: Isn’t that for girls?

Steph: It’s for hair.

The word ‘hair’ is underlined. Steph is wearing a light blue and purple jacket over a red turtleneck and blue jeans, and her hair is in a ponytail with a red scrunchie. Dustin is wearing his canon outfit, complete with the baseball cap and headset. He looks skeptical. End ID 4]

Bonus transcript of me explaining the single tally + question mark in dms:

🍓[me]: Snappy dialogue to indicate that the board is abt men failing to flirt with her and not the other way around 👍

🍇[beloved]: who's the hit?

🍓: Eddie lmfao

🍓: The question mark is there bc Robin was so baffled by Eddie’s complete lack of rizz that she’s not sure she even interpreted that correctly

🍇: KNEW it

🍇: robin watching the entire time: 🤨

🍓: He wasn’t even trying to flirt is the thing he just got up there and lost his mind and his friends were standing behind him clearly being like “we don’t know this guy” and somehow steph got like… giggly??

🍓: Robin, afterwards: what the hell was that

🍓: Steph, clueless: what was what? 😀❓

🍓: Eddie crouching down behind one of those large decorative plants for ten straight minutes desperately holding his head in his hands shinji-style to stave off the cringe

🍓: His ice cream melts btw

🍇: his friends are standing a full meter away from him, pointedly not looking

🍓: Yeah they’re on the other end of the food court sitting at a table facing him but very carefully avoiding actually looking at him. They’d put their backs to him but the last time they did that (different mall, long story, they aren’t allowed in anymore) Eddie got kicked out by mall security and it took them like three hours to find him

🍓: This was before Gareth’s time and no one’s ever actually explained the full situation to him bc 1) they keep embellishing it and 2) eddie gets screechy when they try

[lunareiitic]

Ahead of 2.2 tonight, I'm thinking about prisoners.

2.1 Spoilers ahead: be warned.

It was pointed out to me earlier today that when Sparkle references "two mutes" to Aventurine, that she could be referring to several people. The other mute initially appears to be Robin, since she's dead and a singer who can no longer sing. But, on reflection, Sunday has been muted just as much. In Concerto For Two, she notes with bitterness that she feels that "their" dream hasn't been realized, perhaps implying that her dream was always to share the stage with Sunday as equals.

Aventurine is a prisoner in many respects: this is simple and easy to understand. One of his Eidolon's is literally called "Prisoner's Dilemma". Penacony used to be a prison complex, and it still is, after a fashion. As I often say "if you wish to escape, but cannot, it is a prison. If you cannot escape but do not wish to do so, it is a fortress." Sunday, who seems so preoccupied with the past: he keeps a framed Concerto For Two light cone in his office, he's the first to call out Gallagher's trait amalgamation of every person he's ever loved, he's the nominal head of the Oak Family: Penacony's administrative branch. He wants to preserve the life he's built up for himself and his sister, and now is suffocating under the bureaucracy he so longed to control. Now, with the one thing he was so desperate to keep lost, he isn't even allowed the space to publicly grieve. Muted, not unlike a jazz trumpet. Firefly, trapped in her own body, slowly but surely losing herself. It's clear that the SAM armor might be some kind of stopgap measure (or perhaps its her unique condition that allows her to pilot it), but her confession in 2.0 didn't seem to be lies. She gains nothing by lying about that. Penacony is a paradise for someone like her, whose reality is so bleak. There's a reason she doesn't play her hand as early as she could: and part of that is probably plot reasons, but part of that feels... sentimental. She didn't want to tarnish the Trailblazer's memory of her: preferable to die and be replaced than to betray them. That's very natural, isn't it? That desire to prolong something sweet, even though it's impossible. And then there's Robin: prisoner in ways that reflect the three we've already met. Her trailer makes key note of this: the celebrity, the sexualization, the objectification, the derealization that comes with being such a pivotal cultural icon. If she feels that Sunday doesn't share her dreams, it's clear that he doesn't realize this: look and see his arm shining her halo in the opening of her trailer. Her very own brother, her closest guardian, being the architect of her torment. He's rather mythologized her, hasn't he? Even to her only family, Robin is a legendary figure, a perfect angel that cannot do wrong, on whom all of Penacony rests. It's interesting how once she starts fantasizing, all of the people in her mindscape become puppets or shadows: people about as real to her as she is to the masses. Sunday isn't there at all: nobody is. How much has happened since he joined the Oak Family and she (assumedly) joined the Iris Family?

A popular theory: what if Robin isn't dead? What if she faked her own death, as Firefly did? She clearly couldn't escape on her own, with her fame and importance to the Family's public image. Gallagher doesn't give Sunday an answer about why he used Death on Robin. What if she felt it was better for him to think her dead, than to think of her as a traitor?

[cozyaliensuperstar7]

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[tequiilasunriise]

Being in fandoms where the characters are clearly based on other pieces of media/famous figures is so much fun because then some of my ships look like this:

Parentified Goldilocks who is also The Beast x Avoidance attachment Beauty who is ALSO also The Beast, one of my fav moments with them is when they off the Minotaur together who is ALSO also also The Beast

Little Red Riding Hood if she was also the Wolf and has galloons of repressed trauma x Snow White but she’s heavily knight coded and the poster child of daddy issues

Edgar Allen Poe’s Lenore x Annabel Lee but they’re in gay ghost love

The poem ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ x Odin’s raven Huginn but they’re exes still in love in a milf yuri divorce that ends super mega tragically and domino effects mommy issues out the ass

Historical figures Cleopatra x Frida Kahlo with the most chef’s kiss height difference you’ve ever seen

A polycule with Joan of Arc x Mulan x Thor x Achilles but they’re all genderbent/trans

The Velveteen Rabbit x fashion icon Coco Chanel if she was a lesbian with a gun

Frankenstein’s monster x a different sapphic Cleopatra bc baby gays <3333

Okay okay that black cat from Poe’s, well, The Black Cat x Poe’s Eulalie is cute yes

But I actually really REALLY love Poe’s Eulalie x Poe’s Berenice bc they’re “me and the bad bitch I pulled by being autistic” personified

The Snow Queen with mega daddy issues x Robin Hood if he was a socialist lesbian I SAIDDDD ITTTT

Imma say it historical figures JFK x Confucius were adorable bros

Aesop’s Fisherman x Odin’s other bird Munin you will always be famous my tragic old man yaoi <////3

Y’all will really have to hear me out here when I say Cinderella if she fucken snapped x ice cream Mad Hatter because couples who are terrible to each other but in a “only I’m allowed to be a horrid to them” way can be so funny

And I could go o n fer ages but the point is imagine explaining these ships to someone like 30 years ago with ZERO context their heads would explode and it’d be so funny

[moongothic]

…..can’t help but read the “?!?” Where crocodile gives robin the doll as ALSO being Crocodile’s reaction to this sweet little girl suddenly being on the brink of tears after being given a toy. (Is she allergic???? Did a bird kill her mom????? Did HE fuck up???)

+ accidental alabasta feminist icon crocodile upkeeping extremely strict anti-harassment policies in baroque works + casino in an effort to keep Robin safe (safe by his high standard for her, that’s still HIS little girl) without letting it slip she is anything more than an assistant to him (nobody can know that’s his little girl)

And of course people would be very suspicious if Robin was the only woman whom flirting or mistreatment towards was strictly not-tolerated. Crocodile either ends up with a reputation for being an old-fashioned (affectionate) uncle type OR a non-sexual woman-fixated weirdo with a TON of female employees (either because he’s THE person to work for if you’re a lady assassin OR because he trusts Robin to be safer with women than with men)

fkdhgskdfhgjdfg OH NOOOO 😭

Like 100%, when I mentally visualized that as like a full scene (and not just a little snippet), in my mind if Robin did tear up after being gifted a toy, it'd be while Crocodile's conveniently looking away, and she'd quickly wipe her face and recompose herself before he looked back so he wouldn't notice anything

But oh god, if she did tear up and Crocodile noticed... Oh no just thinking about it is making me unwell

'Cause like yeah, there is the Funny Side of Crocodile having no fucking clue why this child just started sobbing after being given a toy, but also. Like he'd probably know and understand that Robin's been on the run for three years now and probably hasn't been shown this kind of kindness during that time. But like. Would he and Robin ever talk about what Robin's life was like on Ohara before the Buster Call? (Like to me it'd seem unlikely Crocodile would ask about it himself, because he doesn't seem to care about stuff like that particularly, but also maybe he could ask Robin about her family or something under the right circumstances and end up learning about her past that way?) Like how would Crocodile feel if he learned Robin ever got to spend like 2 minutes at most with her mom before they were separated during the bombing, how she never knew her dad and how her uncle's wife was deeply abusive towards her? Beating her if she dared to try on her cousin's clothes, forcing her to do all the household chores and complaining about "how much she ate"... How would he feel about that kind of revelation?

Or, in other words, would the realization that this child really is like the saddest little wet cat in the world make him instinctively double-down on the Papadile Mode

I'm not normal when I think about this AU concept man, I get so fucking emotional oh my god I'm gonna puke

[sheisobvious]

some old stuff I found on pinterest (and below interesting things) - Part 1

Picture 1 

“One minute Taylor is busting out lyrics and being adorable in front of the camera, and the next she is like high-fashion model” 

Q: What type of music are you into right now? 

TS: A Late’80s pop. One of my favorite songs is “She Drives Me Crazy”, by Fine Young Cannibals.It was so ahead of its time.  

App she loves – 8MM vintage camera  

TS: “It lets you put a cool, 1960s-style filter on iPhone videos and gives clips a moody grain” 

Picture 2 

COSMOGIRL 2009 

TS: "My newest hobby is going to wal-mart and putting my CD in front of others in the rack. I have no shame in it!" 

Picture 3 

Seventeen Magazine (2008) 

Q: Do you think that he ( the guy from “Should’ve Said No”) secretly likes being named in your songs? TS: Yeah, probably. Those kinds of guys like getting attention – because I mean, what else is he doing? He’s probably with six different girls who don’t know that they’re being played. 

Q: Has he (Drew from “Teardrops on My Guitar”)  contacted you?  

TS: Actually, he showed up in my driveway a couple of months ago, and it was like in the movies where at the end the guy shows up in your driveway, and you have this awesome kiss – except it’s three years too late. I’m like, Why didn’t you do this years ago ?!? He was stranger by then, so I felt like I didn’t know him anymore. 

Q: Do you ever write songs about anyone other than yourself? 

TS: “Tied Together With a Smile” is about a girl I knew my freshman year. She was absolutely Miss Popular, a pageaant girl, and she looked perfect every day! Always had the cutest outfits, always looked teh best at prom. But sometimes when you get a litle closer to people who look that perfect, you realize that they don’t feel perfect.They feel they’re ugly. And that’s what happened with this girl- I became closer friends with her, and one day she confessed that she was bulimic. 

Q: How did that make you feel? 

TS: It was really hard for me to take. But I never want to make someone feel horrible. do not deserve to be treated like that. I try to reason with  them and be calm about it. After a while, I was just like, "You don't need to do that anymore." So I played that song for her, and I said, "Who do you think that's about?" And honestly, I don't think she ever did it after that. 

Q: Have you ever felt bad about the way you look? 

TS: Everybody does! Everybody looks in the mirror and is like, I wonder why her eyes are huge and mine are smaller. But I realized that if you’re lucky enough to be different from everybody else, don’t change. 

Q: Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be someone eise? 

TS: Oh, my gosh, if I were a different person and I could start all over, I would want to be Hayley Williams from Paramore! I think she’s awesome, and their music is amazing. But you know, I love country music more than anything  in the world – I would never change what I do. 

Picture 4 

“I’ve seen a lot of you get new cars”, she joke to those who worked on the album (Fearless)  

Picture 5 

YOU (2009) 

FAVORITE BOOK – Who Will Cry When You Die? By Robin S. Sharma. It’s a self-help but It’s na easy read. Every page has a new thing you can do to show the people you love that they matter to you. It makes you appreciate what you have. I have a lot more good days now that I’ve read that. 

STYLE ICON – Cahrlize Theron. Thank you for saying I look a bit like her – taht makes my whole week. 

BEAUTY PRODUCTS – My favourite lip colour is Dragon Girl by Nars;l realy like Armani make-up and there's a perfume that l get when ľ'm in the UK called Midnight Rain by La Prairie. And I love Jo Malone candles. 

I: As ever, she sounds too good to be true . It might be one reason why. If we're being honest what eveyone realy wants to see is Taylor Swit being a litte bit naughty. Surely the teetotal Pollyanna façade must have cracks? Anyway, wouldn’t a bit of teenage rebellion be healthy? 

TS: “I've been given the freedom to do whatever I want. I'm 19 –if want to storm out of the house and go to a club and get drunk and take my clothes off and run naked through Nashville, I can do that. I just really would rather not. I's as simple as that. It's not like I’ve been beaten down by some corporation that's forcing me to always behave myself - l just naturally do. Sometimes people are fascinated by the fact that I don't care about partying. almost to the point where they think it's weird.l think when we get to the point where it's strange for you to not be stumbing around high on something at 19, t's a warped world.” 

Picture 6 

PEOPLE, 2009 

Q: You just gave a $250,000 donation to schools you had previously attended or worked with. Why schools? 

TS: The schools that I went to and the amazing people I got to learn from relly turned me into who I am, and I wanted to give back. 

Q:If you’ve done all this by the time you turned 20, what do you want to do bu the time you turn 30? 

TS:I think I’d like to have made a couple more albums that I’m really proud of. I’d like to have a house. I’m not the kid the girl who makes a goal for herself of getting married or starting a family. I’ve never really put a timeline on those sorts of things. So I don’t have any personal goals by the time I’m 30. 

(midnight rain vibe)

Picture 7 

Q: What would you say is your biggest love “don’t” ? 

TS: No one wants to be with someone who desperately needs them. You should want the other person and love him, but you shouldn’t need him. If you depend on him for your happiness, that’s not good ,because what will you do when it ends? 

Picture 8 

TIGER BEAT  

I CALLED THIS ALBUM RED BECAUSE.. “all the different emotions written about on this album, they’re all about the tumultuous, crazy, insane, intense, semitoxic relationships that I’ve experienced in the last two years. In my mind, all of those emotions are red.” 

(I think this is the first time I see her referring to this relationship as toxic before 2022)

Picture 9 

BOP 2012 

Taylor Swift looks down at the floor as she talks about the songs on her new album, Red (it comes out October 22). "They're sad, if I'm being honest,"she confesses. Tay's big blue eyes get a little teary as she thinks about her life right now.In the last two years. Tay says she's felt "all of those emotions, travels around spanning from intense love,intense the workd with frustration, jealousy and confusion." She also admits. "There's been this earth-shattering. not recent, but absolute crash-and-bum neartbreak." 

(in this interview they are weird about her parents divorce)

[eufezco]

I can't stop listening to Queen and I think that Steve would be the biggest Queen fan ever (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)

His favorite song is Another One Bite The Dust because it says his name and because it's the best song to tap with his fingers on the skin of your thigh while he drives. Also on the steering wheel while wearing his sunglasses and nodding with his head to the beat of it, making you press your thighs together at how sexy he looks.

After the Live AID concert, which of course he cried while watching, he dressed up as Freddie for Halloween: a white tank top tucked into his skinny jeans, showing his chest hair just like Freddie. Also Freddie's iconic armband squeezing his bicep, a fake moustache that tickled you every time you went for a kiss, and of course, all of his hair back thanks to a lot A LOT of hair gel.

Bohemian Rhapsody is his favorite song to lipsync with you in his huge and lonely house. Somebody To Love reminds him of how empty he felt before meeting you and Crazy Little Thing Called Love reminds him of how good it feels to be in love with you. Don't Stop Me Now is the song he gets ready to before picking you up for a party. I Want To Break Free makes him want to wear one of your skirts and put on a wig and feel his Freddie Mercury fantasy. You're My Best Friends reminds him of Robin. Killer Queen reminds him of how he felt when he saw you for the first time. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy reminds him of himself.

He never had posters up on the walls of his room until you bought him one with all four members of Queen in it and he couldn't be more obsessed with it. Steve is always asking if he can play his music in your car and you of course always have a copy of his Queen tapes.

Also, you would get plenty of tapes with songs from Queen that remind him of you and notes inside your locker with song lyrics from Steve's favorite group.

Sometimes he tries to steal Roger Taylor's personality but ends up in a very bad attempt. Steve adores Freddie. Literally everything about Freddie. The way he moves, his stage presence, the cocky tone of his voice when he talks, his relationship with the other members of Queen. He and his songs bring him a lot of comfort, especially when he also has you between his arms and he's caressing your hair and humming the melody of one of them to help you sleep.

[mask131]

Green spring: The Green Man

THE GREEN MAN

Category: British folklore, European arts and Neopagan customs

The Green Man is a very unique entity. A folkloric being without a folklore, a pagan spirit without a religion, an iconic face that is… literally that. An iconic face. An icon. An image. A motif. A portrait. A face.

In 1939, Lady Raglan (wife of Fitzroy Richard Sommerset, Baron Raglan) published an article in “The Folklore Journal” called “The Green Man in Church Architecture”. In this article, Lady Raglan drew attention towards a phenomenon of English architecture that was called then “the foliate head”, but that she renamed “The Green Man”, and this appellation stuck to this day.

What is a “Green Man”? A Green Man is usually a face (rarely a full body) carved onto a building – well, not just any building, onto the most important buildings of an English city. So, in first place churches and cathedrals, second place the pubs. These faces are also called “foliate masks” because the specificity of a Green Man face is that it is a human face interconnected or “made” with plants elements. A Green Man face ranges from a human face peering out of a thick foliage, to an optical illusion where a carved foliage is shaped like a human face, passing by men faces with leaves instead of hair, beard or mustache. These faces were carved everywhere in medieval and Renaissance Europe, and while most of them are found in England, which seemingly took a strong liking to them, Green Men are found in lesser number in churches and cemeteries of other European countries, such as France or Germany. Architecture and art experts have identified three main types of “foliate heads”. First is the “Foliage Head”, a human head covered in leaves ; second is the “Disgorging Head”, a man head vomiting foliage and branches ; third is the “Bloodsucker Head”, a male face with vines and plants coming out of all of its orifices (ears, nose, mouth…). The presence of the Green Man in Renaissance architecture was put to a stop with the Reformation (those protestants didn’t like things that seemed too pagan), before starting anew in the 19th century with the neo-Gothic and Victorian architectures (and at this point the fashion spread to other countries connected to England, such as the United-States or Australia).

So… The Green Man is an established architectural tradition. A weird face people had the habit to carve in churches and pubs. Alright… But who is the Green Man? That’s the big question. Lady Raglan put forth a bold theory that became massively spread: she wrote that the “Green Man” was the same entity known by the names of “Jack-in-the-Green, Robin Hood, the King of May, the Garland King – the central figure to the European May Day celebrations”. Now, this affirmation has led up to a LOT of debate, and I will talk about the Green Man’s connection to the May Day celebrations later in this post, but Lady Raglan theory held that the Green Man was a pre-Christian deity of life and nature.

And this is pretty much the consensus of everybody. The Green Man used to be a pagan symbol that survived and was reused in a Christianized world. Mind you, there are many Christian theories and interpretations of the Green Man – after all, he appears a lot in Christian structures like cathedrals or cemeteries; and the Green Man was even used to illustrate and ornate Bibles! Some claim it is a symbol of the sins of the flesh consuming the sinner, others will prefer interpreting it as the Holy Spirit breathing life into the world, some even claim it is a visual metaphor of Jesus… But these theories clearly don’t hold much power, especially when you consider how old and widespread the Green Man figure is: the oldest Green Man depictions aren’t actually European, but from the Middle and Far-East. 11th century Green Men in Jerusalem, 8th century Green Man in Rajasthan, and the oldest Green Men ever found were in Lebanon and Iraq, and dated from the 2nd century. This all led to the theory that the “Green Man” maybe originated as a symbol in Asia Minor, before being brought over to Europe – there is also a whole theory in Islamic Sufism of the Green Man being a warped form of the esoteric figure known as Khidr, the Green One, but that’s a whole other talk…

So, the pagan roots of the Green Man cannot be denied. A lot of candidates and theories for the Green Man’s real identity were proposed, some reasonable, some stretched, some really far fetched. Odin, Mimir, Lud, Freyr were all brought to the table, but a clear focus was given to ancient deities of vegetation who were said to have symbolically died and resurrected, such as Osiris or Attis. This is because the Green Man symbol seems to be strongly connected to the topics of life, fertility, growth/regrowth and rebirth. The most reasonable and England-centric theories evoke mostly two direct origins of the Green Man – Celtic and Roman. On the Celtic route, there is always the Cernunnos theory, because some Green Man are depicted with antlers, or with tiny animal faces replacing the leaves covering or being disgorged by the face – which, coupled with the face being that of a mature, often bearded man, all bring back the idea people have of the deity Cernunnos. The other aspect rather has an approach tying the Green Man to the Roman heritage of England, pointing out similar male, leaf-covered deities and figures of nature – Bacchus, Sylvanus, Vertumnus… Especially telling is a “Green Man” of the Romanized England times found carved in the ruins of a villa, but whose vegetation was identified as seaweed and was thought to have represented Neptune, the Roman god of the waters.

Overall, a lot of theories, a lot of discussions, a lot of potential candidates behind this face… And another debated and mysterious topic is the reason this vegetation mask was used in the first place in buildings as religious and sacred as churches out of all things. (The presence of the Green Man in pubs isn’t much problematic – “The Green Man” being a recurring symbol and a typical name of English pubs). One side argues that the Green Man figure was demonized and devilized by the Christians, and probably used in a similar way to the gargoyles in the religious architecture – another grotesque figure supposed to repel evil spirits while frightening people away from badness. The other side rather invokes the full adoption of the pagan figure into the Christian customs, evoking other cases of the old pagan religion becoming part of the culture of Christian Britain (Samhain becoming All Saints/All Souls Day, or the goddess Brigid becoming Saint Brigit). One theory will have you claim that the stonemasons and carpenters secretly kept alive a pagan tradition or believed in an old superstition tied to the Green Man, and secretly carved the head on their most important works in hope of some fertility reward, but given how well-known the Green Man is the “secret” wasn’t apparently well kept, if it existed in the first place. A more reasonable theory rather takes a strong interest in the idea of the Green Man as a symbol tied to death, since in cemeteries and on graves we have a lot of skeletons wrapped in ivy, or with plants sprouting from their eye sockets, making them a more morbid version of the Green Man face – in this theory the idea of a head wrapped or disgorging plants would either be a memento mori about decay (plants growing out of a corpse’s rot) or a hopeful illustrations of rebirth (life formed out of the dead).

So many possibilities, so little answers… But modern consensus generally agrees that the Green Man figure is now a sort of spirit of nature, a personification of vegetation, or the symbol of mankind and nature united in a perfect balance.

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Lady Raglan’s affirmations of how the Green Man is “Jack-in-the-Green, and Robin Hood, and the May King/Garland King of May Day celebrations” should be taken with caution, because Lady Raglan never hid the fact that she was heavily influenced by the famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) book “The Golden Bough”, one of the first big books about comparative religion and finding the archetypes common in European mythologies – but that is as much renowned for its brand new approach to the topic as it was for setting up a lot of artificial interpretations and fake trends. So yes, caution here. But despite that, Lady Raglan was onto something… The figure of the Green Man seems to have had many different incarnations or “cousins” in English culture – the most commonly invoked being Robin Hood (a man dressed in green, living in the forests with or sometimes within the trees, and who was as much a mascot of pubs as the Green Man) or the British Father Christmas (dressed in green too, and crowned with ivy, yew and holly). Most notorious of these “cultural doubles” is however Jack-in-the-Green, a tradition of May Day celebrations in England where a man wears over their upper body a pyramidal or conical wicker structure covered in leaves and foliage, with only their face peeking out of the leaves (if it is out at all, as many Jack in the Green have their face hidden by the foliage). This character, also called Jack o’ Green, traditionally walks alongside the musicians of May Day celebrations, and was believed by Lady Raglan to be another incarnation of the same pre-Christian deity the Green Man corresponded to. Unfortunately this has been proven wrong, as the Jack o Green tradition is proven to have started out in the 18th century and not have existed before that – but Lady Raglan’s theory became so famous that upon the Jack o Green revival (the tradition had died out by the early 20th century, but starting with the 70s, various revivalist groups and neo-pagans decided to bring back the Jack-in-the-Green in May Day celebrations), the figure often became depicted as identical to the Green Man (for example having actors dressed up as Robin Hood and Maid Marian escort the Jack-in-the-Green, or having other actors play the role of “Bogies”, the Jack o Green’s acolytes, as green-skinned men dressed in clothes of foliage).

Beyond these specific figures, there are records of a tradition of “green man” and “green men” strongly present in England – from the expression “green man” being used to denote savage inhabitants of the wild or the people of the old countryside, to actual “green men”, men dressed in leaves and holding clubs, appearing in festivities and parades – there is a set of interesting articles about the history of the Green Man and its existence in English culture here (https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2021/01/introducing-the-green-man/) and here (https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2021/02/what-was-the-green-man/). And this tradition also dwells into the literary domain, as another “cousin” of the Green Man is the Green Knight from the famous Arthurian romance “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” (the Arthurian world was another place where the old paganism coexisted alongside Christianity) – E. K. Chambers wrote several decades before Lady Raglan made her article, about how the literary Green Knight was very likely a manifestation of the “green man of the peasantry, who dies and lives again” (see “The Mediaeval Stage”)…

If we jump into modern times, the Green Man was HEAVILY adopted by neo-pagan movements. Many like to make him the male equivalent of a Gaia/Mother Earth figure, but the most famous neopagan interpretation of the Green Man depicts him as a duo, the Holly King and Oak King, vegetation-entities who are supposedly in a constant battle and who, by killing or replacing each other, causes the seasonal turns of summer and winter. The Holly King is the ruler of the evergreens whose strength peaks at midwinter, while the Oak King is the ruler of the bright and hot season whose strength peaks at midsummer. While the Holly King and Oak King theory was suggested in “The Golden Bough” Lady Raglan used to recreate her own Green Man figure (in it there were talks of a divine king whose death was tied to the growth and renewal of nature, and of a battle between summer and winter tied to May Day customs), the Holly King and Oak King tradition was formed by Robert Graves in his famous (or infamous) book “The White Goddess”, a… let’s say poetic and abstract comparative mythology book recreating an entire artificial pantheon of archetypes based on mostly Celtic and Greek myths. It is in the very same book that the modern idea of the “Triple Goddess” was actually born. And so Robert Graves identified his own Holly and Oak Kings as a set of numerous duos from various legends: Lugh and Balor from Irish myths, Sir Balin and his brother Balan from Arthurian texts, Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwythyr ap Greidwal from the Welsh otherworld, Gawain against the Green Knight, the Welsh hero Lleu Llaw Gyffes and his nemesis Gronw Pebr… and even the Biblical duo of Jesus and John the Baptist.

[swiftsnowmane]

The Dunk and Egg (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms) series of short stories are my favourite of all GRRM's works, and as someone who can't stand the GoT or HotD shows, I have been in a state of dread ever since I heard they were making Dunk and Egg into a tv series. First, I was dreading the casting — they reallllly had to get that right. The casting for GoT was atrocious, no one looked how they were supposed to look and it was so distracting. Thankfully, the casting for Dunk and Egg (the two main leads at least) looks pretty decent, which is a relief. Getting a former rugby player for Dunk is a good move. However, I'm still concerned about the visuals and costuming. None of the adaptations of GRRM's works have thus far accurately captured how I personally imagine Westeros to look, visually. They all look wayyy too 'gritty fantasy' — yes, even HoTD. Whereas I picture it as something like the old 1950s Ivanhoe film or an old-fashioned Robin Hood storybook illustration, with colourful pageantry and a decided 'medievalism' vibe. And of all the stories, Dunk and Egg is the one where this 'look' is by far the most prominent. The Ashford Tourney is iconic and if they screw that up, it won't bode well for the rest of the series.

I am also personally NOT a fan of Targaryens in the way that so many seem to be — in the sense that I find the ASoIAF-verse much more interesting, tragic, and romantic when the Targs are on the decline and their dragons aren't in the picture. It's one of the many reasons why Dunk and Egg is my absolute top favourite work set in that 'verse. So if the show plays up the Targs as the 'cool, sexy' protagonists instead of valuing Dunk himself the way he should be, I'll be very annoyed. The appeal of Dunk and Egg is how Dunk originates as a lowly peasant but is more of a true knight than anyone around him.

[bifairywife]

jaystephroy concept:

fashion industry au 🚶🖋️📸

i had way too much fun conceptualising all of this so i'll be posting some edits to help visualize (and explain a bit) this au <33

imagine: jason as a model, steph as a fashion designer, and roy as a photographer - it's basically a power trio in the fashion world

jason is one of the top models of wayne enterprises' fashion branch alongside dick and cass, it's kind of a family business. they all got their share of modelling (tim ultimately decided to go with marketing, damian initiated making a sub-branch for pet clothes, and duke decided to help out with the creatives team in making commercials + social media posts).

steph made her first spoiler costume, so it's safe to assume she designed it too. plus her cute lil red headband as robin? cute and iconic, a statement piece none of the previous robins ever bothered to have. and if you check the notes on her clothing style in wfa, it'll totally solidify my point:

highlights from the notes: young and trendy, likes to customize her clothes → this is a girl that has style and someone you'd want in the designing team (+ in canon she's a good cartoonist too, she got the drawing skills)

now onto roy, i'll admit my thought process really just went: "well he's an archer, right? so he has good eyesight and he can quickly have a good scope of his surroundings taking into account of its details while he's at it - so that'll make him a good photographer." for the sake of this au, i want him on team wayne enterprises already.

some notes on jason:

with dick on men's formal wear & undergarments (hehe) and cass on women's athletic and formal wear, jason got the men's casual and athletic wear covered.

he's been planning on dropping his modelling gig. he's interested in a career change with helping out in a different aspect in the company's fashion branch. but with his popularity, it's a risky move to pursue it.

between him, dick, and cass - jason's surprisingly the best trendsetter. dick can be flat out embarrassing sometimes and although cass is iconic, she's a whole new league of her own for being able to be the only one that can really carry a look the way she does (some can copy her, but they don't hold a candle to her). the looks jason serve on his own is a mix of classic and functional - which is why leather jackets are never out of style in gotham.

some notes on steph:

steph couldn't afford fashion school but she was discovered by selina. she's under a sort of apprenticeship with her (selina gets what steph is going through and she wants someone to take over for her now that she wants to focus on designing jewelry).

she's also very active on social media. she's got a super cute and semi-consistent theme on instagram (featuring a mix of her works and shots of herself), and her stories are a mix of aesthetic shots of her designing process or photos of her snacks.

steph is closest with cass. when she started out, selina assigned her as one of cass' designers. steph and cass work together often and they easily bonded.

steph is also close to tim and duke. she gives them insights on how to appeal to the audience better, and they help her be updated to current trends.

some notes on roy:

i always hc roy as the type of guy that enjoys travelling a lot. he's originally a landscape photographer, doing a lot of mountain-hiking and rock-climbing which are risky but worth it for the view. problem is: he got into an accident so those activities need to be put on halt.

he still wanted to continue photography though. even if oliver doesn't play favourites, he doesn't want to work for queen industries where people can assume he got in the "easy way" so he picked the next best company: wayne enterprises.

he's a generally friendly guy, so having to work with new people was a breeze. the problem lies with how different this particular genre of photography is. he's so used to snapping photos of landscapes that focusing on people (and clothes) is an entirely different level.

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

Is It Really That Bad?

The hand of fate is moving, and the finger points to you, Nicolas Cage.

The Wicker Man is a classic folk horror film known for its unique tone, musical numbers, Christopher Lee, and its iconic titular structure. Movies like Midsommar owe a lot to this film; it’s certainly not a film I love, as I’m not big on movies about cults, but I can appreciate it at least.

Now, as with any classic horror film, it was inevitable it would get remade, and if there’s one genre where remakes actually have a real shot at being great, it’s the horror genre. The Thing, The Fly, The Blob, all of these films managed to take a terrifying story told once before and twist and recontextualize it for a new audience, and all three of those films are classics in their own right. So you’d think remaking a film in which an intolerant but well-meaning cop is led to his death as his ignorance is preyed upon by a charismatic cult of pagans would go well, right? There has to be some biting social commentary or some unique elements to this film, especially seeing as the setting was updated to America! Setting the film in New England or the deep South, places rife for the sort of horror the original played with…

Oh, wait, it’s set on a weird fictional island? And the cult is some matriarchy that’s meant to show a reverse patriarchy…? And it’s not a musical?

Yeah, no, this movie didn’t exactly do much to win people over. Quite a few actors from the original were highly critical of it, particularly Christopher Lee and Ingrid Pitt, and the original director Robin Hardy had his name removed from the credits out of disgust at the state of the film. Edward Woodward, the original film’s star, turned down an opportunity for a cameo, which speaks volumes about what he thought. Nicolas Cage has been pretty open about thinking the film was absurd, and critics basically laughed the film right into bombing. It’s safe to say Universal, who had been trying for years to get this remake off the ground, were likely regretting ever allowing the project to come to fruition. All in all, the whole thing is a monumental travesty notable only for some meme-worthy content within.

But is that really all this misguided remake has going for it? Is its legendary badness overexaggerated, or is it truly like watching the world exploding every single night? Well, I’m here to answer that for you as I determine whether or not The Wicker Man is really that bad after all.

THE GOOD

This movie’s saving grace, and what you most likely know it best for, is just how batshit insane it is, to the point of it being one of the funniest unintentional comedies this side of The Happening. Of course, there’s the infamous line about the bees, but if you’ve actually sat down and watched the movie you’ll know that line (which only appears near the very end of the extended cut) is merely the tip of the iceberg. You have schoolgirls chanting “Phallic symbol,” you have hallucinated girls getting run over by trucks on boats, and you have Nicolas Cage kung fu fighting angry women which culminates with him dressing in a bear suit, sprinting across a field, and sucker punching someone. It’s just an insane ride.

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Of course, all of this is carried by Nicolas Cage. He realized what this movie was when making it, and in true Cage fashion brought the ham and cheese to make a perfect B-movie sandwich. His delivery of lines such as when he’s asking if two women have a shark in a bag or demanding to know how something got burned really are something else, and it all builds to that beautiful delivery of “NOT THE BEES,” the crown jewel of an utterly bonkers Cage performance. It became a meme for a reason, even if it isn’t notably crazier than many of the other lines.

If you can give this movie credit for anything, it’s for not being a straight up remake. Like yes, the basic premise—a detective goes to investigate an island and ends up sacrificed by a cult—is the same, and it doesn’t take advantage of being set in New England like it should, but this is a wildly different take with a different cult and different situations than the original film. It’s more akin to a remake like The Thing or The Fly than Van Sant’s Psycho, for what that’s worth. Though, on the other hand, this will be the only time this movie is ever mentioned positively in the same sentence as the former two movies because...

THE BAD

So, you know how I said it was good this movie decided to go in its own direction? That’s all well and good, obviously, but it would seriously help if that direction didn’t suck. This is a remake that just completely and utterly misses the point of why people like the original. There’s no musical numbers, the plot is dumbed down to extreme levels, the new additions and characterizations are just not really built into anything interesting… Sure, Nicolas Cage is a far more likable protagonist than the original guy (which is a low bar to clear considering what a judgmental douche the original’s protag was), but they don’t really do much interesting. They took a cult classic notable for its musical numbers, expert use of folk horror, and Christopher Lee and turned it into a bargain bin B-movie.

And that’s not even getting into the… questionable political message. Neil LaBute made the decision to turn the cult into a matriarchal society to show what would happen when patriarchal power dynamics were reversed, and the end result is exactly as problematic as you might imagine. With how divorced from reality any aspect of the cult is from a patriarchal society (I don’t see women having their tongues literally cut out or being sacrificed in pagan rituals very often), the entire film comes off as the anti-feminist version of Save the Pearls. Like maybe this idea could have been executed better, but it feels like the idea only someone who really hates women would want to even try and attempt. Like what point are we trying to get to, anyway? That everyone sucks? Do you really want to sit through a movie with a foregone conclusion where that’s the message? I get wanting to mix things up, but this was not a good direction to take the cult.

And of course there is the most damning element at play here: This movie is not even remotely scary. It has weird, surreal imagery, and as a horror remake it’s trying to be tense and unnerving, but between the idiotic anti-feminist angle and Cage hamming it up the whole thing comes off like a giant farce.

IS IT REALLY THAT BAD?

As a horror film? Yes, this movie is pretty bad. But as a comedy? This film is a classic.

I’ve always believed that if a film fails at its main goal but still manages to be funny, it’s not a worthless film. But that’s the thing: This film still failed. It tried to be a folk horror film that wanted to make you feel suspense and mystery, and instead gave a screwy comedy where Nicolas Cage punches women and overacts. That 3.7 on IMDB might even be a bit generous if I’m being honest. This film is firmly in the “so bad it’s good” category.

Still, if you’re a Nicolas Cage film buff, this movie is absolutely a must-see; it’s one of his greatest batshit insane performances ever. And like I said, it’s a bad film with a lot of value. This isn’t complete trash, and cinema is honestly better for this film existing. Most horror remakes of the 2000s through the early 2010s ended up merely being forgettable garbage that no one talks about a few years after it drops. Does anyone even care about that A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot or the remake of House of Wax? Does anyone even know they remade The Wizard of Gore? But this baffling remake no one asked for and that no one wanted of one of the greatest horror films ever made has not only endured, it has become a progenitor of memes. I’ll take unforgettable garbage over run-of-the-mill cookie cutter trash any day of the week.

[mygreatadventurehasbegun]

Top 5 underrated performances, top 5 movie soundtracks (non-musicals)

Oooooohhhh....

Top Five Underrated Performances:

Cary Grant in The Philadelphia Story

I don't think anyone ever thought of his performance as bad, it's just that his role is much less showy compared to James Stewart's...there's just a bit less for him to do...but there are some real subtle moments in his performance, and he never fails to make me laugh.

Robin Williams in Insomnia

I've praised this movie so often, there's not too much new to say...but this was some of his best work. Everyone talks about One Hour Photo and how creepy he is in that...but there's something about his performance in this movie that really gets under your skin. It's one of those where you notice something new every time...he is so understated and introverted, you almost can't believe that he's a murderer...but when you start to delve deeper, you can see just how dangerous he is.

Topol in Fiddler on the Roof

This is one of the best movie musical performances ever put on screen and I feel like it's barely ever talked about. People bring up Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, etc...but they always seem to forget about Topol. Maybe it's because this movie was made in the 1970's when movie musicals were on their way out...but his performance is extraordinary and it cannot be beat.

Audrey Hepburn in The Nun's Story

Now, this movie did net Audrey another Oscar nomination...but in terms of her filmography, I feel like this one tends to be overlooked. Maybe it's the subject matter, maybe it's the length, but people don't talk about this one as much...and they should. This is definitely her most subtle performance and it shows just how good of an actress she was, and not just a fashion icon.

Rupert Grint in The Harry Potter Series

Poor Ron...he's always overlooked. I always thought he was the strongest actor out of the main trio and yet he always had the least to do. It wasn't until the final couple films that they realized they needed to give him more substantive scenes...even though he still sort of came off as a third wheel.

Top Five (non-musical) Movie Scores:

The Adventures of Robin Hood

I mean...duh...this is one of the greatest action/adventure scores of all time.

How to Steal a Million

John Williams has so many incredible scores to his name...but this one holds a place in my heart, because we don't see (or rather, hear) much like this from too often. It's just so fun!

Clue

Another one that is just so much fun! That main theme is so catchy and perfect set up for what we're in for!

Psycho

Probably the most iconic horror movie score of all time...oft imitated, never matched.

Sense & Sensibility

This one is just so soothing to me...it creates such a romantic sweeping feel...and I've also used some of the tracks for sleep playlists.

Thanks for asking!

[hividsmarttv]

Ten Great Back-to-School Movies

Introduction: As the summer sun begins to wane, it's time to dust off your backpack, sharpen your pencils, and embrace the excitement of a new school year. Whether you're a student returning to the classroom or someone looking to relive the nostalgic days of academia, these back-to-school movies are the perfect way to ignite your academic spirit. From heartwarming tales of friendship to hilarious classroom antics, this list of 10 inspiring films is guaranteed to make you nostalgic for school days gone by.

1. Dead Poets Society (1989): Experience the transformative power of education in "Dead Poets Society." Robin Williams shines as an unconventional English teacher who inspires his students to embrace poetry and seize the day. This film celebrates the importance of individuality and the pursuit of knowledge.

2. Mean Girls (2004): Navigate the comedic world of high school cliques with "Mean Girls." Lindsay Lohan stars as a teenager who must navigate the treacherous social landscape while learning valuable lessons about friendship, self-confidence, and the consequences of conforming to societal norms.

3. Good Will Hunting (1997): Discover the untapped potential within oneself with "Good Will Hunting." Matt Damon stars as a janitor at MIT with extraordinary mathematical abilities. When he's discovered by a professor, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth.

4. The Breakfast Club (1985): Join five diverse high school students as they serve Saturday detention and learn more about themselves than they could have ever imagined in "The Breakfast Club." This iconic film delves into the complexities of teenage identity and reminds us that people are much more than just the labels society assigns them.

5. Legally Blonde (2001): Embrace the power of determination and resilience with "Legally Blonde." Reese Witherspoon stars as Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority girl who defies expectations by enrolling in Harvard Law School. Through her journey, Elle proves that intelligence and ambition come in all forms.

6. School of Rock (2003): Get ready to rock out with "School of Rock." Jack Black portrays an unconventional substitute teacher who transforms his students into a rock band. This hilarious and heartwarming film emphasizes the importance of creativity, teamwork, and pursuing your passions.

7. Freedom Writers (2007): Experience the impact of an inspiring teacher in "Freedom Writers." Based on a true story, this film follows a young teacher who uses literature to inspire and empower her at-risk students, encouraging them to break free from their challenging circumstances.

8. Akeelah and the Bee (2006): Celebrate the power of determination and intellect with "Akeelah and the Bee." This heartwarming drama follows a young girl's journey to compete in a national spelling bee, highlighting the importance of education, community support, and believing in oneself.

9. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): Embrace the spirit of rebellion and adventure with "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Follow the charismatic Ferris as he orchestrates an epic day of fun, skipping school and reminding us all to occasionally let loose and enjoy life's simple pleasures.

10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001): Step into the enchanting world of Hogwarts with "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Join young Harry and his friends as they embark on magical adventures while learning important life lessons about courage, friendship, and the power of knowledge.

Conclusion: Whether you're a student gearing up for another academic year or simply reminiscing about your school days, these 10 back-to-school movies are sure to captivate, inspire, and remind you of the transformative power of education, friendship, and personal growth. So grab your favorite movie snacks, gather your friends or family, and prepare to embark on a cinematic journey that celebrates the joy and challenges of the school experience.

[lazyboycentral]

The English dub of One Piece finally made it to Crunchyroll. Over 900 episodes, they said (not sure where it stops for now but it at least makes it to the Oden flashback episodes in Wano). Pretty exciting news, at least for me.

I know a lot of the fandom goes for the OG Japanese stuff, and I totally get it, but I have a soft spot for the Funimation Crunchyroll English dub. When I ass-blasted through the entire series back in 2021, it was all thanks to the English dub for getting me through it in a somewhat timely fashion. Not having to read subtitles meant I could do shit like watching the series while driving to work…not that I would EVER do that, of course.

I really got attached to the voices, too, even though a lot of them will sound familiar if you’re into the English Dragon Ball episodes. Zoro and Sanji won’t ever not sound like Piccolo and Future Trunks to me. Regardless, these guys do a great job at portraying their characters. Stephanie Young’s performance as Nico Robin is done very well, and totally fucking nailed her “I want to live” line in Enies Lobby (seriously, check it out, it’s so well done). Wacky dudes like Franky and Brook sound exactly like they should in my mind. And I’ve said this before and stand by it: in terms of English language anime fandom, Colleen Clickenbeard’s Luffy should be held as iconic as Sean Schemel’s Goku. To me, she’s THAT good and I will die on that hill.

Anyway, I’m rewatching that shit now. I remember the dub ended in the middle of Zou when I switched back to sub, but they made it to the middle of Wano now. I decided to start at the Whole Cake Island arc, since I’d like to know how well they did the musical parts…dubbed musical numbers in anime are never good no matter who does it, let’s be real. Kinda scared to find out.

…so if One Piece in English is finally on Crunchy, does that mean the old Funimation site is finally shutting down? The One Piece dub was the only reason I hung on to it as long as I did.