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[crownmemes]

Merlin Sentences

(Sentences from Merlin (1998). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Once upon a time… No, no, that isn't the way to start. You'll think this is a fairytale, and it isn't."

"Now, in my day, magic was much more commonplace."

"The arrow of time points in one direction."

"I don't like the sound in your voice when you say that."

"If people stop believing in us, we won't exist."

"All things change. It's sad, but Heaven, Hell, and the world move on. It's fate."

"There's no time! Our world is dying!"

"Let me see the child."

"You are so cold. If I were to punch you in the heart, I'd break my fist."

"Have you noticed, when you're miserable, time seems to slow to a crawl?"

"There's magic at work here."

"Magic has no power over the human heart."

"What if I don't want to be a wizard?"

"Why is it that I surround myself with a bunch of incompetent fools?"

"It's easy to die knowing you'll die for your country."

"Patience is not one of my virtues."

"I think you may make a fair to decent king."

"You're a very brave man, but so stupid!"

"Your pride condemns you."

"Are you going to use some of your magic on me?"

"You've lost your reputation, and a reputation's life glass: once cracked it can never be repaired."

"You don't have to seduce me to win me over."

"I like you. You're a truthful young woman."

"With evil all around me, I can do nothing but evil to survive."

"You can do anything you like, but you must never be rude. Rude is being weak."

"Beauty is always only an illusion."

"Can't you see it? Feel it? I'm winning."

"I can wait. Time means nothing to me."

"When I'm near you, I can't control my heart. It's dangerous."

"The walls are whispering. Can't you hear them?"

"I don't care what others think! I'm a queen!"

"You're looking extraordinarily pleased with yourself. What have you done? Is it terrible? Do tell."

"Why is everyone suddenly against me?"

"I'm sorry, but I'm going to destroy you."

"I'm glad to see you haven't lost all the skills I taught you."

"Die? That's the last thing I shall do!"

"It's human to make mistakes, and part of you is human."

"I've always believed it's better to be a coward than dead for a lifetime."

"Why are you consulting with that traitor?"

"You can't fight us or frighten us. You're just not important enough anymore."

[zhoudadudugongjin]

Look I love unconditional devotion love stories as much as the next person, but there's really something so deliciously raw about conditional devotion.

I have served you and I have loved you for decades, but I will not give up my principles for you. You cut out part of my heart and took it with you down that path that you insist on walking, but you walk it alone. Even when the bleeding, gaping hole you left in my chest kills me, I will not follow you.

[gumy-shark]

changing the original. this post is about him now!!!

unauthorized fucking thing. blow him up NOW!!!

[threeicedcreams]

Waht if we kissed on the pokemon legends z-a anti homeless architecture bench,

[arynneva]

wait do people read first person stories and think they're the ones in the story???

Saw people talking about not liking first person, which is fair, but their reasoning was like "I would not do that" and I don't understand that mindset.

First person stories are still about a character. A character making their own decisions. First person isn't about you???? At least I thought it wasn't. What am I missing? I've always seen first person as just a more in-depth look into a character's mind and stricter POV. Not as a reader stand-in.

[starbuck]

“…to me” is one of the most powerful disclaimers we have on here… is this character analysis accurate? debatable. but it’s real… to me.

[stealingpotatoes]

terrible news: the only way to find out if something you create is gonna be good or bad is to actually create it

[aropride]

its crazy how teeth problems can fucking kill you and not only are dental services not free they cost a ludicrous amount and require an entirely different type of insurance than the rest of ur body. aside from the eyes, of course, which need a third type of insurance. What are we even doing man

[alleesaur]

casual blue crab miku doodle

[eternalgirlscout]

i adore being confronted with the staggering breadth of what individual people can get obsessed with. there's nothing better than having That One Mutual with an advanced degree in ancient greek tragedy who writes minecraft youtube fanfiction to remind you that anyone can love anything

[crownmemes]

Hannibal Sentences, Vol. 1

(Sentences from Hannibal (2013-2015). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Everyone has thought about killing someone, one way or another."

"I understand it's difficult for you to be social."

"Where do you fall on the spectrum?"

"Can I borrow your imagination?"

"You have a very specific way of thinking about things."

"Has there been a lot of discussion about the specific way I think?"

"Take your time. When you're ready to talk, we'll talk."

"You know you're not supposed to be in here."

"I'm beginning to suspect that you're investigating me."

"I need you to help me with a psychological profile."

"Not fond of eye contact, are you?"

"I imagine what you see and learn touches everything else in your mind."

"Please don't psychoanalyse me. You won't like me when I'm psychoanalysed."

"Maybe we shouldn't poke him like that. Perhaps a less direct approach?"

"Perception's a tool that's pointed at both ends."

"I would apologise for my analytical ambush, but I know I'll soon be apologising again and you'll tire of that eventually, so I have to consider using apologies sparingly."

"I don't find you that interesting."

"I see you as the mongoose I want under the house when the snakes slither by."

"I'm not going to be comfortable with anybody inside my head."

"You've never killed anyone before. It's a lot to digest."

"Therapy doesn't work on me."

"Therapy doesn't work on you because you won't let it."

"Did you come all the way down here to teach me how to shoot?"

"Therapy is an acquired taste which I have yet to acquire."

"This is unethical, even for a tabloid journalist."

"You've been terribly rude. What's to be done about that?"

"I don't think we've ever been alone in a room together, have we?"

"Did you really feel so bad because killing him felt so good?"

"Killing must feel good to God too - he does it all the time - and are we not created in his image?"

"Eating her is honouring her, otherwise it's just murder."

"Are you beginning to appreciate my lack of sympathy?"

"He is an intelligent psychopath. He is a sadist. He will never kill like this again. So, how do we catch him?"

"I'm a journalist. I want to tell the truth. Your truth."

"If you tell me what you know, I can help you fill in the blanks."

"There was plenty wrong with your father, but there's nothing wrong with you."

"There's no such thing as getting used to what you experienced."

"I can undo what I said. I can also make it a lot worse."

[disneyvillainsdaily]

Thinking about Lilo & Stitch makes me really appreciate certain things about the original + the series. Almost every single named [human] character in the movie isn’t white: the only exception being Mertle, y’know, the bratty little girl we’re not supposed to like.

Besides all of the racial representation, Lilo herself is very much a neurodivergent icon, and her portrayal as the protagonist is amazing considering how characters like her are typically either sidelined or depicted in ways to make them less sympathetic/human (modern media does at least a slightly better job at adressing that kind of thing tho).

So all of that is great, but to anyone that hasn’t seen Lilo & Stitch: The Series, it also does some extremely refreshing stuff.

Pleakley gets tons of validation to dress in drag, everyone always referring to Pleakley as “she” when dressed up as “aunt Pleakley.” There’s even an episode that tackles Pleakley dealing with the pressures of his family that wants him to marry a girl and settle down to have a “normal life.” After the episode's shenanigans, there's a realistic depiction of the misunderstanding of a heteronormative/traditional parent with their non-traditional child: Pleakley's mom says that she just wants her children to be happy, but when Pleakley says that he is happy, she thinks he's only trying to console her as she insists, "How can you be happy? You aren't even married." But Pleakley finally gets it through to his mom when he says, "I don't want to be married, mother! I'm happy just as I am."

After getting to meet all of Pleakley's ohana throughout the episode and hearing from Pleakley himself -after all of the previous misunderstandings- that he really, truly, is happy, she's finally starting to understand.

Even though his mom comments as they leave that she wants him to “try wearing men’s clothes more often,” she still does walk away accepting that she simply doesn’t understand her son's way of thinking. It’ll definitely be hard for her since she’s so much more “traditional,” but she’s finally coming to grips with the fact that her son is who he is, and likes being that way, so she’ll love him regardless. She's trying her best.

The portrayal of people with physical disabilities is also great. It’s not because there’s one recurring character with some condition, but almost because there are non-recurring characters. It isn’t in every episode, but here’s an example: they want to show someone at the park playing fetch with their dog for just one shot. They could very easily have it be any a random person, but they decided to make it a lady in a wheelchair. There's another episode where Nani's friends from highschool show up and one has forearm crutches, but not just because she had some recent accident. No one in the episode questions her condition or feels the need to point it out, the only comment on it being that the friend will use the crutches to lightly bonk the others' arms, and Nani jokes, "You are still deadly with that thing."

The fact that they include characters with disabilities when they "don't have to" makes it that much more normal. These people aren't some special case or the main highlight of the episode, they're just another person. They're normal.

There's so much that all of the original Lilo & Stitch media did right, but now the name will forever be tainted with the association of the remake, which I'm sure will have absolutely none of the tasteful writing and ideas of anything prior to it.

[gumy-shark]

i will defend that fictional teenage girl with my life. i literally don’t even care what she did. you would’ve done it too if you were her she’s probably handling things better than you would in her shoes

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

we need more divorcebaiting. how strongly can canon imply (without technically outright stating) that these two characters are bitterly, acrimoniously divorced? essential we explore this

[icewindandboringhorror]

(also feel free in the tags to clarify Why you made the choice you made!! :0c)