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we are all very lonely and desperate for friendship i dont think you will really embarrass yourself by unabashedly seeking it out. i think you will find many other people are also looking for it. people will gravitate towards you if you just let them. its going to be fine
i love being a fan of media. ur favorite character shows up on screen or page and ur just like hiiii baby
On Gothic Novel Adaptations
I started thinking about the post I just reblogged, and honestly, more important than having a 100% accurate adaptation of a book is having an adaptation that understands the core point of the story.
When it comes to these classic gothic novels, film adaptations have desaturated the stories so much that the original intent has been lost in pop culture. I don’t necessarily want a movie which copy-pastes the book to screen, but it should convey the tone and meaning of the story successfully.
So, on that note, here are some random things off the top of my head which everyone always leaves out of/misunderstands about our fave gothic stories:
1. Jekyll and Hyde is not a “split personality” situation. Hyde is a disguise created by Jekyll so he can go indulge in various, unspecified base desires without suffering any consequences and maintain his image as a respectable member of society. Also, Hyde is not a monster. He’s just a young, short dude who gives off bad vibes.
2. One of the main characters in Dracula is a Texan cowboy. I can’t fathom why this is constantly omitted from adaptations but it is an error that needs to immediately be remedied.
3. I was gonna mention something about Frankenstein here but I think we all already know the issues with most Frankenstein adaptations. But go watch the Hallmark one if you haven’t seen it, it’s quite good.
4. The Phantom of the Opera isn’t a love triangle story. In fact, depicting Erik as a legitimate love interest for Christine completely goes against the point of the story. Also, WHERE IS THE DAROGA AND WHAT HAVE YOU ALL DONE WITH HIM.
5. Please give Erik an actual scary corpse face that warrants him being unjustly shunned by society and forced to pursue a career as an opera house goblin. Yes, I’m looking at you 2004 movie.
Those are my requests thank you.
when there’s an old photograph, AND the guy in it is really old, it’s like, wow, that guy is super old
Conrad Heyer, photographed in 1852 at the age of 103. He was born in 1749 and is thought to be the earliest-born person ever photographed.
Conrad was a teenager as the industrial revolution got underway. He saw the invention of steam powered trains and the steamboats across his lifetime.
He was mid twenties when the American independence war began. He fought under George Washington at the crossing of the delaware.
He was nearly 50 when pride and prejudice was written, and in his 60s when it was first published.
In his 70s the world’s oldest photograph was taken, Beethoven performed his most famous piece in Vienna, and the venus de milo was uncovered
In his 90s the first postage stamp was issued and the first ever telegraph was sent
Wow, that guy is super old
As a final goodbye, Blue Sky Studios came together and gave Scrat a send off on their own terms.
He finally got his nut.
Designed this for a commission, they didn’t like it but I still did so I stitched it anyway! by iownarose
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