#the sea beast spoilers

[stuck-in-jelly]

Cant stop thinking about that line from The Sea Beast that Maisie says:

"I have every right to speak! I come from a long line on Hunters, that died your great death. Your Kingdom was paid for with their blood! And their blood"

The clear message of the effects of nationalism and imperialism can have on the people, the land, and their history how it can quickly take over and use its lower class citizens as pawns for their dirty work.

How Maisie changes from seeing her parents as great war heros to victims to the crown as so many others were human and sea beast alike.

Anyways watch The Sea Beast

[subsequentibis]

having now seen the sea beast and some reactions to it: i think it is actually very important and meaningful that the story didn’t have maisie become like a sea monster biologist! i think it’s really important that they decided to simply stop interacting with the creatures at all and leave the deeper waters to them. i think people forget or aren’t aware of the ways science and scientific pursuit has propped up or been used as a justification for imperialism and expansionism and colonialism. it’s not a neutral profession or goal. of course for us, the audience, it would have been really fun and cool and interesting to learn more about the creatures and maybe even see humans bonding with them, but that’s really not in line with the message of the movie and it’s honestly refreshing that they went that route.

[geekgirles]

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

Things I love about The Sea Beast that stand out on my 3rd watch

-the inlaid stone floors of the palace, reflecting a real impressive art form from that era

-the number of gender ambiguous and androgynous background characters

-the way Jacob keeps having to slightly hike up his weighed down belt, which has such an animated weight to it

-I love the Captain Crow song

-the number of incredible precision shots Jacob throws with his lance and then how bad he is at spear fishing

-you really do get to watch the arc of Jacob and Blue becoming the inseparable “dad and the pet he didn’t want” dynamic… like he uses Blue as a reading light

- the sextant scene

-THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SCENE like some use of real old time medicine and fueling my emotions over these characters like he gave her lifeblood

-the details of the carved wood all over the movie and the patterns in fabrics ugh there’s so much aesthetic in the movie ugh and the TEXTURES everywhere tangible textures

- the way Jacob rubs Maisie’s shoulder at the end ugh that’s just such a gesture 

[opinionatedoctopus]

THE SEA BEAST SPOILERS

“Listen to the child”

Yes! Please! Let’s listen to the children who still look at war and violence with terror and revulsion instead of resignation. Instead of “this is how it’s always been.” It takes a child to ask “why?” It takes a child to look at the bad parts of our world and ask why no one has bothered to change it.

But it also takes every last person in the chain of command to put a weapon down. To make the personal choice to no longer stand for an unnecessary war. “Shouldn’t we fire?” One man asks. “No,” says the woman in command. Each person who hesitated to fire when the queen gave orders. If any one of them had fired, as we know from Jacob firing the gun, would’ve broken the moment to lay down arms. Each person’s decision to choose peace impacted the end of the war.

I will live a long, happy life. Because dying a great death, an honorable death, is a myth to idolize war by those who profit off of war. The ones who only have power when there is fighting. And none of those who died are dishonorable or no longer a hero, right? They knew no other option. They can be wrong and still be heroes.

This movie fights against the influx of child soldier media by simply asking to no longer need soldiers.

I hope we all can live a long, happy life.

[bloodpen-to-paper]

*Points at chart* Watch them

[gio-scrabbles]

I like to think that each beast that wasn’t named in the Sea Beast would still be referred based on their colors. Like Red and Blue.

This beast would be called Green.

The little ones behind them could all be called Yellow. Maybe with different labels to differentiate each of them.

And this one is called Purple.

[feet010]

PLEASEE A NEED TO FEED ON MORE JACOB HOLLAN X READER FICS I'M DESPERATE THAT MAN IS SO FIND PLS PLS PLS

[practicefortheheart]

Just watched The Sea Beast and I thought the animation was great, and the action scenes are absolutely amazing and there are great characters in it, but the story feels...unfinished? I mean, I don’t mind that it’s basically ‘how to train your dragon: seven seas edition’ but the ending was so abrupt! What happens to the crew of The Inevitable? What will Jacob do to make a living? What about Captain Crow? What about that crazy witch person?? Who the heck will run the kingdom??? Will Blue become enormous???? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

[ruelukas22]

About Captain Crow’s Deal with Batterbie, and the Price he Paid

Batterbie is, first and foremost, a witch. Disney witches do not give straightforward deals. (And look, I know this isn’t Disney, but do I really need to point out all the references and character archetypes and their usages and subversions?) Some are more straightforward than other, with Ursula taking Ariel’s legs, but that was never Ursula’s end goal. The witch in brave turned her mother into a bear to fix Merida’s problem. Batterbie, is, by far, the clearest about what she’s costing. Crow just didn’t understand the price. Batterbie straight up told Crow that she would take everything. Specifically including the things Crow was not aware he had. Things Crow was not aware he could lose, even.

See, at the point in the movie where Crow goes to Batterbie, knowing he was giving up his honor, he also thought he’d lost his son. So, he was going to get one thing. His revenge, and in doing so, allow people to continue hunting. He already knew this was his last hunt. But at least he’d get something out of it. (He wouldn’t, of course, but he didn’t know that.)

Now I want to clarify this was not an out of the blue progression of Crow’s character. He was always ready to do the dishonorable thing for revenge, even revenge as simple as an injury. (Assuming his dead light only referred to his missing eye. I am also assuming if he’d lost crew to Red, he’d have mentioned that a bit more.) Crow was willing to leave another hunting ship’s crew to die simply for the chance to kill Red. It’s Jacob that reminds him of his duty and honor. And later, during the fight with Red in the whirlpool, it’s again Jacob that chooses duty and honor, saving the crew and the ship by allowing Maisie to cut the rope. So loosing Jacob lost Crow his moral compass as well as Crow’s vision of the future. This is why I say Crow didn’t think he had anything to lose.

Then Crow uses the god’s hand. And he doesn’t finish it. He doesn’t listen to Sharpe. His crew is already reasonably wary of him. And Jacob is back! Everything is going right. He delivers Red to the king and Queen’s little pond. And Jacob turns on him. Sharpe, “the most loyal first mate who ever lived”, turns on him. The Beast is alive and he can’t kill it. His ship is smashed to pieces, and his crew abandon ship. If you watch that scene again? No one is his crew is helping him. No one is fighting Red. Sure they might be in the water, but surely someone could have made it to some debris and shoot arrows. Anyone. But no. His crew wasn’t willing to fight for him. Then Jacob’s little speech. No more hunting. Maisie’s speech. His entire life, and the life of his father’s before him, was manipulated by the crown for money. He is without history. He is without a future. He has only his life, thanks to a little girl who wasn’t really even trying to save him, but the beast he’s been trying to kill. It’s not even dead. It’s just. He’s alone now. No honor. No one loyal to him. No crew, no ship, no job, no family. Truly. He lost everything.

[painted-fanbird]

It could be worse Jacob, she could have two swords XD

(I like to think Sarah knows exactly what an counts as an appropriate gift for an 11 year old, but also knows that Maisie wants a sword. Because despite living domestic lives, you’ll be hard pressed to convince me that Maisie doesn’t still live for at least a little bit of adventure lol)

[fuck-off-im-ace]

“Guelston is a place. It ain’t a family. I ain’t going back there, and you ain’t going back on that ship. So. All you have is me, and all i have is you. And that don’t sound so bad. So, what do you say? Should we give it a go?”

[geekgirles]

Just watched The Sea Beast and I have reached the conclusion that Red is the Mom Friend of the group.

[ashleybenlove]

Holy shit, they’re giving her a blood transfusion.

I guess Jacob and Maisie’s blood types match.

[miramilocamimira]

Great. I’m Co-Parents With A Sea Beast

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Summary: Red is free to swim as she’d please now. But she keeps coming back. And sure, Maisie’s always excited but c’mon. If you take the kid out at least have her back by bedtime.

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Red is free to swim as she’d please now. But she keeps coming back. And sure, Maisie’s always excited but c’mon. If you take the kid out at least have her back by bedtime.

Jacob groans as he waits at the dock. The sun has set nearly an hour ago. What’s worse is he couldn’t complain to anybody without snide comments of ‘this is what happens when you and a beast adopt a kid, my boy.’ Or from those who don’t know Red is the once feared Red Bluster, it’s always followed up with ‘oh why aren’t you and the miss together anymore.’ Sharpe, though, every time she’d laugh until she couldn’t which meant he never complained to her again.

He sees the ripples get bigger before they come to a stop. He stands up and catches Blue before setting him down.

“She was supposed to be back at sunset. Sunset.” Recently he’s learned it’s possible for creatures to make sheepish looks as well. So he knows that she knows as it too.

Red’s eyes go wide and he just sighs. She opens her mouth and Maisie is curled up in the gap between the bluster’s teeth. He collects her and waits a minute.

Red leans down and nuzzles the both of them before going to make herself comfortable. ‘A long visit.’ He thinks as he takes Maisie into the house. He tucks her in and comes back out.

He sits back at the dock and Red moves so that her head is near him. He pets the part close to him as he watches the stars.

This somehow felt better than the great life of a hunter. But he does understand something Sharpe told him when he was younger… now at least.

”Kids are difficult.” He speaks and the other parent lets out a huff. He laughs. “Get some rest, okay, Red?”

[krunchycrispy]

I’ve just seen The Sea Beast and this is the closest image I could get to hearing this 30-40 year old man arguing with an 11 year old say “bollocks” in a family film:

Context; I grew up in a British household where the word is taken very seriously. Idk how loosely it is used everywhere else, but in the town I’ve grown up in you do NOT get away with saying that without a few dirty looks even if you were Jacobs age.

Doesn’t mean I didn’t split my sides laughing after the initial shock though.