#what a merry go round

[zegalba]

Alexander McQueen “What A Merry Go Round” Ready-to-Wear Fall/Winter 2001

[2001hz]

Alexander McQueen 'What a Merry Go Round' Autumn/Winter (2001) Headpieces By: Philip Treacy

[introspect-la]

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN FW01 "WHAT A MERRY-GO-ROUND" LOOK 15

[egophiliac]

Did did did did did did you see the apple core backstory

I was so excited I got here as fast as I could

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE

oh my god. at least it wasn't an actual, literal apple core. but they really did give us a whole lengthy explanation about the ✨meaning of the apple core✨, didn't they. (though to be fair, it also came along with Jade being a weird little mofo, so I count it as a win.)

[bluerasbunny]

the merry go round broke down? more like the merry go round burnt down

[wiiwarechronicles]

hi scott !!!

i have not much to say, but i am thinkimg of parfait so much today...

it is sunny outside and theres kids on the playground having fun since summer break started.. did yogurt an nola ever go on a playground? are there even playgrounds for them..? i hope so, its vry fun, playgrounds are great.

my favorite were always swings bc of autism... good movement... did either of the kids have a favorite bit of the playground? my lil siblings hated the merry-go-round.. even despised it id say. we put sand on it and watched it spray of as we spun it. vry fun.

i hope youre having a great day !! i dunno if this is too rambly or long or annoyng , but its like im writing you a letter :] okay bye!!

you arent being rambly or annoying!! im always so happy to have you in my inbox!! sorry for the slow response ive been in a bit of a rut as of late :< but it's alright! I hope you're doing well yourself!

and yes there are playgrounds for Yogurt,,, the summer after he turns 6 Yogurt starts going to school in Kinoko and his schoolyard has a playground. He'd never really been around one before and was pretty wary of it at first but by the next week was an absolute monster on the monkey bars.

every time Fundy picks him up from school he's got to wait there another 20 minutes till Yogurt's done. Yogurt actually got weirdly territorial over them for a little bit because his animal brain is still quietly messed up from being a feral wood dwelling toddler :(

during this time granola was a little baby nd would mostly stay home when Yogurt was getting dropped off/picked up. but whenever she was there she'd meow until her dad lifted her up so she could pretend to be hanging from the bars too . (when she is a little older her favorite playground thing is a whizzy dizzy. which she always runs up to and then cries for fundy to stop it ten seconds later)

[letterboxd-loggd]

What Price Hollywood? (1932) George Cukor

May 14th 2023

[williamrikers]

okay. this might be the best episode of anything i've ever seen. the way i was screaming jesus fucking CHRIST what a show!!!

[thedawningofthehour]

I had just gone to sleep when a Doth thought decided to pop into my brain, because, sure! why not?

Draxum wins and gets to die peacefully in his bed after believing he has completed his objectives, only to be greeted by the cold stare of his family in the afterlife who do not hesitate to condemn him reproaching him for his actions in life, only to deliver him after into the furious hands of the spirits of the Hamato clan who are more than eager to get their hands on him to punish him, especially Splinter, because obviously he is there and believe me he never forgot what Draxum took from him.

And to top it all off! When his son gets to the afterlife he has to watch him suffer for the revelation of what his 'father' really did to him, because how does brainwashing work on a ghost when the brain stays on earth?

And not to mention Cass, who I imagine was the one who was most aware that the Utopia Draxum promised didn't really come true.

The point is, that it will be a hell for Draxum.

Anyway, do you think Splinter looks like Lou jitsu in the afterlife? I mean, when they were taking out his soul during the final ep his soul looked like Lou jitsu.

It's like the scene at the end of Corpse Bride where the guy who kills Emily drinks the poison and all the dead people are like "hooray he's blue! That means we get to torture him now!"

Oh yeah, whatever afterlife exists in the TMNT universe, brainwashing definitely does not carry over. Donnie would have a lot of Words for Draxy.

Nope, Splints would still be Lou. Not sure if he would be forties hunky Lou Jitsu or what Lou would have looked like as an elder-his mother appears young, but it also looks like his mother was young when she passed.

It really highlights the difference between Rise Splinter and 2012 Splinter. 2012 Splinter still appeared as a rat as a spirit because he had come to view that as his body. His mutation and adoption of the turtles was something of a rebirth for him, and after the initial grieving period was over he fully embraced what he was, was happy with it. Even when Donnie created the retromutagen, his response was basically "I'm good, use it on someone who needs it."

Where Rise Splinter still fully sees himself as The Great Lou Jitsu trapped in a rat body. Which-I mean, fair, 2012 Splinter got to be over six feet tall, built like a ninja, and has fur that doesn't make him look like grandpa has a body hair problem. Rise Splinter physically shrunk and is all bent over-his spine probably hurts him quite a bit, honestly, and he just...does not look good. (I've seen the discourse about how badly caricaturized Rise Splinter's design is and-like, I do give TMNT a pass on Splinter being a rat because 1) originally he was just a rat, he wasn't supposed to be a human turned into one, and 2) the whole premise of TMNT was started as a joke and a parody of other popular superhero comics at the time and was never supposed to become this big thing-but YEAH, I don't know how they got that design through. Especially when this show does such a good job of humanizing Splinter as a character and making him act like an actual first-gen immigrant parent and not reducing him to a cluster of Wise Old Asian stereotypes, but then they draw him like that?) Splinter is shown to have practically dysphoria over his body, because he still thinks and feels very much like the Lou Jitsu of legend, but then he looks down and his body is just wrong.

And yeah, he's happier now than he was as Lou Jitsu, because he has his boys. He'd rather be a rat dad than a single and childless movie star. That doesn't mean he isn't allowed to long for aspects of his previous life. That doesn't mean he has to be happy about absolutely everything. I just feel like that was such a good take. It makes him feel so human.

[kraftykelpie]

A Tortured Animal Frozen in Time

My kofi

[witchcraftingboop]

Me, playing act 2 of BG3: Instead of pursuing the plot, I've decided I don't care and all of you are going to just die now so I can get a new cut scene with my lil vampire elf twink. Be sure to die quickly in his name, amen

[zegalba]

Alexander McQueen “What A Merry Go Round” Ready-to-Wear Fall/Winter 2001

[joan1998]

alexander mcqueen a/w 2001 "what a merry-go-round", backstage photos by martina hoogland ivanow. makeup: val garland. hair: guido. styling: katy england.

FACING THE DARK ARTS WITH VAL GARLAND 

“The collection was an exploration of the sinister side of childhood. Lee (McQueen) took his inspiration from the 80s US slasher film Child’s Play by Don Mancini. Much like the clothes, he wanted the hair and make-up to challenge people, so we created this extreme beauty look that transformed runway models into these macabre clowns. Nobody else but Lee would have dared to do this. I felt like we were part of history in the making.

We needed girls that could be used as a blank canvas with simple features and a strong bone structure. Acrylic makeup wasn’t available back then, so I used thick theatre paints and blanked out the entire face, then drew thick black graphic patterns around the eyes, nose and mouth to convey this idea of a menacing clown. I remember Lee examining the models and saying, ‘let’s push it further, let’s do more!’ He never wanted to play it safe.

There was an enormous amount of energy backstage at the show that day, as there always was when Lee was around. He always put himself under lot of pressure to achieve something new and meaningful, and we all wanted to go that extra mile for him. The stark, shadowy lighting made the hair and makeup seem so much more intense and I think that’s captured on camera here – these images capture the darkness of McQueen.”

via dazed

[spacedoutwitch]

A cut scene from MAG 164, I've decided. You cannot change my mind.

(Original video here!)

[nonstandardrepertoire]

i just encountered someone using the term "trans+" and i could not help myself but my first reaction was "oh! i didn't realize we had our own streaming service"

[fnafwritings]

Okay, hear me out, but what about a Howl’s Moving Castle AU? Not a perfect 1-1, but I really enjoy the idea of them being in the role of Howl—especially if I can find a clever way to keep their separate personalities distinct *and* play a part in the plot or worldbuilding of it.

For example: Sun plays the upbeat and over-dramatic side of the character, while Moon is quiet, reserved and full of secrets that trying to keep them hidden often makes the reader (Sophie) thinks he hates them or smth. So many ideas to play with 📝