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grickle14 · 2 months

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Fievel? Is that really you?

#grickledoodle #donbluth #fievel #art #cartoon #drawing #funny

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usssnarfblat · 6 months

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Did Anastasia deserve to die for her family's crimes against Fieval's family?

I've always found it interesting that "Anastasia" and "An American Tail" were made by the same guy...

My mom got us "An American Tail" as kids, since we were Jewish, and a Disney-like movie with Jewish characters was a one-of-a-kind thing. ("The Prince of Egypt" was still a few years away. Yes, I'm that old.) More to the point, my dad's side of the family is largely Russian Jews, who immigrated in the early 1920s, for exactly the same reasons as the Mouskewitz. Being a child of this background and very literally obsessed with cats, I had mixed feelings about the movie.

When "Anastasia" came out a few years later, Mom didn't let that history stop us from enjoying the new princess movie, but she didn't shelter us from it either. We regarded it like we did the real history behind any sugar-coated princess movie. She even got us some history books about the real Romanov family, and we were fascinated by the subject.

Still, it's an odd elephant in the room, watching "Anastasia" and knowing that her granddad was the one who sent those Cossack cats after Fievel's village, and her dad himself continued doing it to the Jewish mice who didn't leave.

"Go, Pompom, Kibble and Fluff-Baron! Kill those Jew mice, and I'll give you extra catnip treats tonight!"

Don Bluth presents both the Romannov family and their victims with equal sympathy, even opening both movies with the family celebrating a holiday, with the kid heroes getting a plot-specific present, before being viciously attacked.

"Wow Grandmama! Fieval and Tanya could use this as a merry-go-round!"

*Cough* "Yes uh, about those Jewish mice Sweetie..."

Bluth's portrayal of the Romanov family is not entirely inaccurate. By all accounts, Nicholas II was a deeply loving father who both doted on his children, but raised them not to be spoiled. Despite being royalty, the princesses shared bedrooms and did charity work at hospitals.

It's a baffling irony that Nicholas was nevertheless was a tyrant, and not remotely just to his Jewish subjects. When I was about twelve, Mom got me the Dear America book A Coal Miner's Bride, about the Catholic Polish immigrants who also fled the oppression of the Russian Tzar. (Anastasia's family conquered part of Poland in the 1800s, banning the Pols from speaking their own language and drafting their sons into the Tzar's dick-measuring contest wars.) Anyway, that's what my mom's side of the family was fleeing when they immigrated. Yes, my family has double reason to hate the Romanovs.

So, I personally don't have a lot of sympathy for Nicholas II. But the horrors his poor wife and children endured in their final moments never fails to get the reaction from me.

The rationalization for the murder of the children and queen was that it was the only way to ensure that the monarchy never returned. But I assume most modern-thinking people would say that the ends do not justify the means in this case.

That said, millions of families like Anetka's and Fievel's suffered as bad or worse than the Romanovs, because of the Romanovs, and no one remembers them because they didn't wear tiaras. This no doubt was another factor that killed sympathy for the Romanov children. But they were still children.

The question today is, if we can feel for a family that was literal royalty, despite their father being an undeniable tyrant against our own families...can we also feel for Palestinian and Israeli families, during a conflict that is vastly more complicated than Imperial Russia?

Or do they need to be cute mice and glittery princesses to get our attention?

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maxiem0us3 · 24 days

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Drew a familiar little fellow after a long while, because why not~ 🐭

#art #anthro #illustration #anthropomorphic #artwork #drawing #furry #mouse #digital art #rodent #fievel #fievel mousekewitz #an american tail #don bluth #fan art

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the-weather-trio-clones · 3 months

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idk if this is a trend or something but i saw people drawing their muses as ponies and wanted to join in lol here's the main duo

#ooc #other art #cascade #fievel #mlp

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bunnyflopcosplay · 2 months

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Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight

Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight

Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer

That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there

#fievel #fievel mousekewitz #fievel cosplay #fievel mousekewitz cosplay #american tail #american tail cosplay #don bluth #don bluth movie #mouse cosplay #mouse #nostalgia #nostalgia cosplay #cosplay #crossplay

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askdeoxys · 1 year

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[ @the-weather-trio-clones ]

[cameos from @askbookwormflareon and @poorlydrawnbuzzwole ]

#askdeoxys #deoxys #pokemon #pokeask #askblog #the-weather-trio-clones #fievel #final fantasy 14 #ff14 #ffxiv #boa hancock #thanks for watching us make this on stream #i can finally rest

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gardensgrey · 2 years

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What was it about films with mice? Maybe it was fun to see the human world from their perspective & how they utilized human items in their daily lives. But all I know is — these films hold a special place in my heart.

The characters are adorable & there truly is a special quality about these overlooked (& sometimes forgotten) films about mice.

A familiar & cozy world of hand-drawn mice. So very endearing & pure-hearted.

I much prefer this animation style. Nostalgic & comforting. Simply the best! We will never forget you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

#secret of nimh #an american tail #fievel goes west #fievel #rescuers down under

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chasing-dreams-since-1995 · 6 months

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I know I know…It’s just something I designed based off Taylor Swifts Era Tour poster to announce my cosplay line up for RICC. I’m a Taylor Swift fan so sue me!

Anyhow, this is my official line up for RICC this year! I’ll be with my good pal @sidetable-drawer all weekend.

I’ll be Tiabeanie from Disnenchantment once again for the 5th year in a role on Friday, Wanda from the Fairly Odd Parents Saturday, and Fievel Mousekewiz from An American Tail on Sunday.

See you guys there!

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nathanparisi · 23 days

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A second drawing of Siblings Day with Fievel Mousekewitz and Tanya from An American Tail.

I have loved drawing Fievel and Tanya. It's a big brotherhood.

On the one hand, because Fievel is small, but with a big heart and his color scheme takes us back to Mickey Mouse and Bernard in the first sequence of The Rescuers and on the other hand, Tanya is magnificent with her outfit (red scarf, dark blue bust, light blue sleeves and yellow skirt) typical of Snow White.

#an american tail #fievel #fievel mousekewitz #Tanya #Tanya Mousekewitz #Don Bluth #siblings #Siblings Day

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herbalsingularitea · 1 year

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Y’all ever think about how they’ve got the same basic fit

#bernard the elf #tsc #the santa clause #fievel #american tail #tsc shitposting

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animatejournal · 2 years

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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Directors: Phil Nibbelink & Simon Wells | Studio: Amblin | USA, 1991

#An American Tail #Fievel #Animation #Amblin #John Cleese #Dom DeLuise #Steven Spielberg #Western #James Horner #Showdown #Montage #Cowboys #James Stewart

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shinobicyrus · 11 months

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Now that it’s been out for a few months, what’re all of your thoughts on the Lackadaisy Pilot?

I can only give my opinion on the Pilot as a standalone work, since I've never read the comics.

I adored it. The animation was just... I have no words. After so many years of everything turning into CGI, seeing expertly done traditional animation like that was delightful! The details, the character designs, expressions, the colors, the style! The voice actors did spectacularly with their performances. Everyone had personality and flavor even if I didn't know their names.

Beat-by-beat the story was well-paced and executed. Again, as someone who never read the comics, I never felt lost, but I could also sense that there were nods to things that were for fans. That's a hard line to walk, but they managed it.

They also did a good job balancing the era with the tone and style. The whole world felt...well. Believable isn't quite the way I'd put it. It remained a cartoon that maybe my niece could watch with all the impressions of something appropriately darker, considering its bloody setting and era. It reminded me of an older style of animated movies/shows I grew up with. A bit cartoony but still...grounded.

Watching Lackadaisy was a treat, but it also made me realize that we had been missing something that was lost (or taken away) for a long time, and had no idea when it had happened.

#I may be aging myself but does anyone remember the old #Fievel #movie?#like the first one?#it was cartoony and childish but the layer above it #a bit to indistinct to see clearly - was a bigger and rougher world #I don't know if I'm communicating it well #but I hope that Lackadaisy continues - both as a series and as a good way to artists and animators #to work with dignity producing something that was clearly made with love and attention and passion #in an industry that is increasingly becoming bereft of those things #Lackadaisy #Lackadaisy Pilot #Reviews #(I guess?)#Anon #Asks

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ethancshawsblog · 5 months

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