#sparky post

[dressuprat]

tw for ableism, antisemticism & nazi's

you guys gonna have to wait for our drafts our dad just managed to be antisemetic, ableist, defend nazi's, defend autism speaks and then went "also, autism speaks isn't a hate group"

[citrus-grove]

we cut off our abuser today :)

it kind of hurts but this was best for us and its a good thing so im proud of us

[styllwaters]

It's that time of year

[mixtercandy]

Shout out to the REAL fnaf mvp SPARKY THE DOG !!

[sparkylurkdragon]

The other day I was at the retail job, and a little girl was Very Curious about my cane! She asked what it was, and I explained to her that it was to help me walk because I got sick. When her mom noticed her touching my cane, she said, quite gently but firmly, "No no. Don't touch [their] cane. Remember, it's like touching [their] actual body."

I did not actually mind it much because Little Kids Being Curious, but it was very good parenting, I thought, and I thanked the mother.

[doctorsiren]

I forgot to post this one from the roleplay too

[secondbeatsongs]

Hello, you said in some tags in a poll that Speed Racer (2008) is your favorite film. If you’re okay with it, I’d really like to hear more about why you love it. I love the Wachowskis’ work (they’re among my favorite directors), but I kinda ended up bouncing off Speed Racer (2008). So, hearing that it had a real impact on someone makes me very curious why. I’m not interested in criticizing your opinion or arguing with you, I’d just really like to know why you love it in the hopes I might be able to enjoy that movie more in the future.

oh god this is from seven months ago, I'm so sorry - but I do love almost everything about Speed Racer (2008) and I still think about it nearly every day.

I love that it's so bright and colorful and absurd. I love that it's an anime in live action form. and I love that at its heart, it is a story about love.

it's about the mistakes people make out of love, and the consequences of that. it's about the way children grow to understand why the adults around them make the choices they do, and maybe choose to do the same things. it's about taking risks for the people you love, and the pain of failing to change the world, because everything is capitalism and everything hurts.

(and it's also about being transgender btw. like, that's one of the main things about it - it is very much a movie about being transgender)

what if your father's choices hurt your older brother, and your older brother's choices hurt you, and now it's you and your younger brother staring down a future where you're going to end up hurting him by making the same choice?

and then...what if you can escape that? what if the broken parts put themselves back together, and the hope doesn't run out, and you're not alone with the things that haunt you? what then?

and now you're at the end and mistakes were still made, people were still hurt, but everyone's grown and changed and they're different now. and they've figured out that maybe, just maybe, you can change the world by doing something you love, by creating art and beauty and making people feel things.

maybe you really can defeat capitalism by driving a car really fast. and even if everyone thinks you can't...don't you have to try anyway? shouldn't you fight with the skills you have, the only way you know how?

what if it works?

and I'm not even gonna get into most of the Racer X stuff (because I want people to go watch this movie, and most folks probably won't be spoiled for it), but his whole deal is just...everything. I love him.

(if there's a guy from Speed Racer that I want to put in a jar and shake every so often, or maybe wrap in a blanket so he can have a nice nap, it's Racer X. he's a great character. prime blorbo material)

anyway I've been rotating this movie in my head ever since I saw it for the first time, and I think I've seen it...seven? times now? and I still cry at the final race, and I still get blown away by the intro sequence.

(the beginning of the movie is genuinely one of the best things I've ever seen - it does an amazing job of introducing you to the world and the story of the characters, and gets you emotionally invested in it right from the start. it's fantastic filmmaking)

also like. story stuff aside, from a technical standpoint, the movie is a masterpiece. it's the type of thing that people hated when it first came out, but when you look at it now and see how it was made, how it intentionally looks bizarre and cartoonish, plastic and surreal, you can see the exact vision the Wachowskis were going for, and it's brilliant.

the way they did the visual effects, the way they made the outdoor scenes feel so detailed, the way the driving and the tracks work - they put so much thought into that, and the behind-the-scenes vids show how cool their process was.

also uhhh cars go vroom, crash into each other, flip upside down, explode, maybe have bees and hammers in them sometimes?

(the above is me complimenting the unhinged vibe of the races themselves, which I love very much)

anyway I could make other full posts about the script of the film and how much I love it, or the cool side characters, or the fanfic potential of the amazing world of the film, or how I can prove that it's set in 1991...but I guess if anyone wants those rants, they'll just have to watch the film and then come talk to me. :)

(please. please come talk to me about Speed Racer.)

so, yeah! I kinda lost my mind there and made this post way longer than I intended, but I do feel strongly affected by this movie, and I hope this has helped explain why.

[bleedingcoffee42]

[onewingedsparrow]

I'm making a collection if anyone else has any others to add ✨

[masked-creator]

…

Don’t judge me I think she’s cool.

[palettepainter]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIV!!

[citrus-grove]

i feel extremely uncomfortable in my body what the fuck

[carcarrot]

'Shine and Dazzle in Sparky Fashion!': Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, models and dog photographed for Mirabelle magazine, 1974

[lesliemeyers]

BeReal time again

[sparkylurkdragon]

Happy birthday to Miss Urist! The Little Goober has been around the sun eight times, and her power grows by the day!

[thebridgeburnercomic]

misc Ross x Shiro stuff because