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ronweasley: the way it should be, famous songs from animated...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:16 -0700

the way it should be, famous songs from animated movies performed in the language of the place the stories are set in or the character’s mother tongue {listen}

i. hellfire (the hunchback of notre dame) - french; ii. once upon a december (anastasia) - russian; iii. a whole new world (aladdin) - arabic; iv. bare necessities (the jungle book) - hindi; v. i see the light (tangled) - german; vi. can you feel the love tonight? (the lion king) - zulu; vii. i’ve got no strings (pinocchio) - italian; viii. i won’t say i’m in love (hercules) - greek; ix. it’s tough to be a god (the road to el dorado) - spanish; x. under the sea (the little mermaid) - danish; xi. i’ll make a man out of you (mulan) - mandarin; xii. when you believe (the prince of egypt) - hebrew

chemicalbride: toke-s: this is crazzzy this is it this is the...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:14 -0700

chemicalbride:

toke-s:

this is crazzzy

this is it this is the gif i’ve been waiting my whole life to see i can die happy now

thelegendends: SONGS THEY COULD HAVE SUNG ➝ Eye of the tiger ♪...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:11 -0700

thelegendends:

SONGS THEY COULD HAVE SUNG ➝ Eye of the tiger ♪ Jean Valjean ft. Javert.

fuckyeahdiomedes: tjmystic: thelegendends: SONGS THEY COULD...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:13 -0700

fuckyeahdiomedes:

tjmystic:

thelegendends:

SONGS THEY COULD HAVE SUNG ➝ We will rock you ♪ Javert Vs Barricade Boys.

Okay, I’m not even in this fandom but this perfect.

somebody make this music video please

cassbones: shannananan: acciocupcakes: #such a beautiful...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:11 -0700

cassbones:

shannananan:

acciocupcakes:

#such a beautiful place to be with a grande non fat soy latte

the longer you look the funnier it is

Dobby doesn’t have to take anybody’s shit anymore. Dobby is a free elf

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Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:30 -0700

les miserables au: assassin’s creedin which the assassins are...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:31 -0700

les miserables au: assassin’s creed

in which the assassins are headed by enjolras, who fights not only for france’s freedom, but for humanity’s; in which javert is a templar because it is right; and in which general lamarque is an assassin killed not by illness, but by a templar.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:30 -0700

Jay Gatsby was black: an explanation

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:27 -0700

stevebuscreaming:

So let me explain this theory for those of you who haven’t heard it before already.

The Great Gatsby is a story of a man that makes his fortune bootlegging and throws countless magnificent parties all in hopes of attracting the attention of his old flame Daisy.

But it’s really a story about insurmountable class barriers. Daisy will never be with Gatsby, no matter how much she claims to love him. No matter how hard Gatsby tries, he will always be stuck on West Egg, only able to admire the ‘green light’ of upper class american romanticism from afar.

Themes of insurmountable class barriers permeate the entire novel right from some of the famous opening lines:

“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

And so here’s the theory:

Jay Gatsby was black, passing for white (“High yellow”)

Lower class vs upper class. Old money vs new money. East Egg vs West Egg. White vs black. Don’t believe me?

Early in the novel, Daisy’s beau Tom goes on a full fledged rant about the oncoming threat of the rise of the black race in society

Another reference to race is made when Nick and Gatsby pass by a limo driven by a white chauffeur with “three modish negroes”

Numerous references are made to Gatsby’s notably dark skintone in comparison to Daisy’s lighter skintone

“I would have accepted without question the information that Gatsby sprang from the swamps of Louisiana or from the lower East Side of New York. That was comprehensible. But young men didn’t— at least in my provincial inexperience I believed they didn’t— drift coolly out of nowhere and buy a palace on Long Island Sound.”

Not only was the insurmountable barrier between him and Daisy one of class and upbringing, but also one of race.

What we take for granted as Gatsby’s whiteness is actually a omission of detail rather than a specific indicator that he was white.

From the article Was Gatsby Black?

Thompson adds, “When I ask people what basis there is for Gatsby being white, I get silence. I have asked students, colleagues. They don’t know. They cannot give me any evidence to back up the speculation. And why haven’t people made this argument so far?”

Of course as with any theory or reading of a classic text, there’s room for disagreement:

Fitzgerald scholar Matthew J. Bruccoli has one answer. “Because it’s mishigas! If Fitzgerald wanted to write about blacks, it wouldn’t have taken 75 years to figure it out. If that’s what Fitzgerald wanted, he would have made it perfectly clear in April 1925. Great works of literature are not fodder for guessing games. This kind of thing is bad for literature, bad for Fitzgerald, bad for ‘The Great Gatsby’ and bad for students who get exposed to this kind of guessing game.”

But why shouldn’t we play a guessing game with it? We don’t have Fitzgerald around to verify any of these details so why not have a bit of fun with the text? It’s a very modern reading of the text and it makes it not only more relatable but more heartbreaking.

Everyone has their own reasons why they can’t be with their own Daisy.

Why shouldn’t Gatsby be black? And why can’t he really be with Daisy?

In this discussion about whether or not Beethoven was black, the point is made:

Another tight question along these lines: Was Jay Gatsby black? Again, it’s probably not literally the case (as Fitzgerald intended it) –- but what’s much more interesting is everyone’s utter inability to take it seriously as a legitimate reading of the text, which it is.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:24 -0700

Kids Movie Parallels | The Lion King ↳ Simba trying to wake...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:19 -0700

Kids Movie Parallels | The Lion King

↳ Simba trying to wake Mufasa

die-libelle: i swear if teen girls start walking around with unlit cigarettes in their mouths after...

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:00:00 -0700

die-libelle:

i swear if teen girls start walking around with unlit cigarettes in their mouths after ‘the fault in our stars’ movie shit will go down

fuchsimeon: pleatedjeans: via At first I was like “oh some...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:35:31 -0700

fuchsimeon:

pleatedjeans:

via

At first I was like “oh some guy being a really awesome athlete” AND THEN I REALIZED WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT

atla-annotated: baelor: the world of avatar full size map...

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:13 -0700

atla-annotated:

baelor:

the world of avatar

full size map (3600x1844)

This is really cool :D

Feels like, though, as if there’s a missing continent, or the planet needs to be smaller. Would explain their ability to jump 5 feet straight up if it were. LOL low gravity XD

lati-negros: writeswrongs: cavetocanvas: Gordon Parks, Dr....

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:13 -0700

lati-negros:

writeswrongs:

cavetocanvas:

Gordon Parks, Dr. Kenneth B. Clark conducting the Doll Test, Harlem, New York, 1947

In the “doll test,” psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark used four plastic, diaper-clad dolls, identical except for color. They showed the dolls to black children between the ages of three and seven and asked them questions to determine racial perception and preference. Almost all of the children readily identified the race of the dolls. However, when asked which they preferred, the majority selected the white doll and attributed positive characteristics to it. The Clarks also gave the children outline drawings of a boy and girl and asked them to color the figures the same color as themselves. Many of the children with dark complexions colored the figures with a white or yellow crayon. The Clarks concluded that “prejudice, discrimination, and segregation” caused black children to develop a sense of inferiority and self-hatred. This photograph was taken by Gordon Parks for a 1947 issue of Ebony magazine. (via)

You want to know what is exceptionally fucked up?

The same study was replicated in 2008. Dark-skinned children still by far selected the white doll. Repeatedly.

Dr. Kenneth B. Clark - Panamanian

sira-dawn: Class project - Design a cover for any book. I chose...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:15 -0700

sira-dawn:

Class project - Design a cover for any book. I chose to do The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

So which story do you prefer?

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:16 -0700

So which story do you prefer?

ultimate fangirl challenge ~ 8/10 movies: life of pi“I suppose...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:10 -0700

ultimate fangirl challenge ~ 8/10 movies: life of pi
“I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.”

robobat: hannahbananafeefifofanna: getbentgetbent: saiyan: ...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:09 -0700

robobat:

hannahbananafeefifofanna:

getbentgetbent:

saiyan:

Actually, the “door” in question is actually not a door at all!

If we turn this “door” clockwise we reveal…

…that it is actually a door frame!!

It is a piece of paneling from the doorframe in the First Class lounge based off a piece that was actually recovered:

This piece isn’t more than 3cm at maximum thickness!

In reality, if the panel in the movie was based off the actual panel,

It shouldn’t have held either of them afloat!!

Holy fuck

omfg Layton

i’m crying

deefic: sidleupandsmile: latitans: littlelostsock: norsecest:...

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:34 -0700

deefic:

sidleupandsmile:

latitans:

littlelostsock:

norsecest:

The Avengers, also known as the movie where Thor’s entire personality was discarded and he became the world’s biggest hypocrite in order to give comic relief.

CAN I GET AN AMEN

AMEN

See, I totally take it as ‘IF HE’D TRULY BEEN A SON OF ASGARD, ALTHOUGH HE IS STILL MY BROTHER, HE WOULD HAVE HAD A MUCH MORE RESPECTABLE BODY COUNT. EIGHTY. PAH!’

HEADCANON ACCEPTED!