#wwii media

[icoulduseapairofbrassknuckles]

"Bob Thompson's first sexual experience in the Navy was on a troop train from San Diego to Madison, Wisconsin. “At the end of some of the cars,” he recalled, “there were little compartments that would sleep maybe four. I think four of us had the same idea when we got on the train. We just rushed for one of those compartments and all of us were gay. So it was something at night when we closed that door.” " - Coming Out Under Fire by Allan Bérubé

First of all adore this for Bob and his buddies.

[k-wame]

JURAJ LOJ as Frantisek Palko Sarlatán (2020) • Period Drama • WWII • dir. Agnieszka Holland

[nerdby]

Oh, she has absolutely no common fucking sense.

Like she really should have read the fine fucking print before throwing this temper tantrum.

Does Rowling even realize how quickly she just outted herself with this shit? She blatantly admitted she was purposely being abusive and creating a hate filled environment by spouting her eugenicist bullshit, and this is only weeks after being called out for engaging in Holocaust denial. Like, please, project harder. You're only making yourself look worse🤣

[slavicafire]

ultimately though, watching anything set in the interwar period is so tragic - because you as a viewer know both what came before and what comes right after. it looms over the characters - they are inherently intertwined with it all - but you as a viewer know. no number of fascinating plots and interesting characters and great cabaret sequences have any power to put even some semblance of distance between you and that knowledge

[scotchballs9]

I made a WWII themed RP discord server and I’m fairly proud of it considering its been half a year since I made a discord server

it might fluctuate to be more of a general early 1900s WWII themed server but we’ll see 🤷🏽‍♂️

[criticalrolo]

why are so many stories nowadays about the end of things. the fall of civilizations. the end of eras. the sad slow death of the past into a grimmer future. this sense of living in the End Times has permeated sooo many genres for a literal Century and it just makes me sad that the change is. always towards the world getting smaller and darker and less magical

[leannareneehieber]

So proud of my collaborator & business partner Thom for this very important essay via Reactor on the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Madripoor, a fictional city they've now set in Indonesia. Please read, please share & learn some history from a member of the Indonesian diaspora who beautifully weaves in his own family's difficult life experiences into this article about how Southeast Asia is depicted.

Please share, because I didn't know the Indonesian history Thom shares here and I find that tragic. Learn something new today!

[theworldatwar]

Canadian cameraman Lt. George Copper talks to his brother-in-law, Captain R. Miller sitting in a Humber armored car on a street in Caen, France - July 1944

[the-productivity-archive]

Our Answer All-Out Production, Canada, WWII Propaganda Poster, from sometime in the 1940s, via Wikimedia Commons.

[ominous-synths-records]

When I'm Sixty-Four - Keith Moon

Listen to more from this album!

[hikarry]

If you had to recommend one movie, which would be it? What's your favorite? Same for book!

My favorite movie is Jojo Rabbit and I would recommend it, but, for some reason, some people are dumb enough not to actually understand what's going on in the movie. Yes, the trailer is extremely deceiving. You need to watch the movie to actually understand what it is about

My favorite book is The Book Thief.

Can you see a pattern?

[k-wame]

JURAJ LOJ as Frantisek Palko Sarlatán (2020) • WWII • dir. Agnieszka Holland

[nerdby]

An interview with a survivor of the WWII bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.

[the-furthest-city-light]

Ghibli Watchthrough: My Neighbor Totoro

See this post for an explanation for why this is showing up on your One Piece blog.

I've never seen My Neighbor Totoro before and honestly this movie is…so sweet. It feels like being wrapped in a warm blanket. I loved that the kids were so childlike and that they were allowed to be silly and joyful and curious. I loved Satsuki in particular. She worked so hard to keep her family functioning and help out her dad and look after her sister and it hit home for me in a personal way. I loved the way that nature and the landscape of the village felt like characters in their own right.

The scene where Totoro and the girls help the seeds grow was really magical, and not even because of the sudden giant tree. It just felt so pure and fantastical. I think that's my favorite scene in the movie, specifically for that moment where they're flying on the spinning top.

The story of this family feels so intimate and complete. It's very clear how each family member is affected by the mother's absence, especially in the case of Satsuki, who grows up far too quickly in her efforts to take care of her family. I really love that the movie took such pains to show that for all her responsibility and sensible nature she is absolutely still a child, and she's acknowledged as one by the spirit of the forest. It makes her efforts to make life easier for her family and keep things together even more admirable/heartbreaking.

I did feel like the ending sort of pulled its punches a bit? The girls end up at the hospital and see their parents chatting and assume everything is good. I think a more ambiguous ending regarding the mom's health would have suited the film better, but I'm also not going to complain about the kids getting a "happy" ending.

I personally liked this one better than Nausicaa and Castle in the Sky, but that's definitely personal preference. 9/10.

Also, I learned from the studio Ghibli wiki page that this was released as a double feature with Grave of the Fireflies???? First off, RIP the Ghibli animators for releasing two feature length films on the same day under two different legendary directors. Second, I have actually seen Grave of the Fireflies before and I literally cannot think of two movies with such completely different vibes. Barbieheimer but intentional and in the 80s?

Also, three Ghibli movies reviewed and I have determined that Miyazaki seems to have a thing for striped yellow cat creatures. I am imagining that all of them are named Teto.

[betty-bourgeoisie]

Idk why there's suddenly so many new Hetalia blogs but it sure does require a lot of blocking

[thefaeriefeatherdark]

If you redrew and posted half the panels from Jack Kirby's Forever People or Jimmy Olsen and claimed they were from modern comics conservatives would spend an hour lamenting how political comics have become.