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22 Henry Mills from OUAT icons - 32 Emma Nolan icons - 37 Alex and 42 Sam icons from Supergirl - 42 Giselle from Enchanted icons - 43 Christine Daae (Sierra) icons - 46 Ross Poldark icons:
250 (+ gift extras) icon-commissions for my homegirl @flyingpotstickers
#icon commissions#icon commission#icons commission#icons commissions#rp commissions#rp icons#henry mills icons#ross poldark icons#alex danvers icons#sam arias icons#giselle icons#christine daae icons#emma nolan icons
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psd coloring : 𝐏𝐒𝐃 𝟑𝟎𝟕 : 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐄
a free once upon a time / storybrooke / grimm stories inspired psd coloring for my tip jar/subscribers i made & spend my time on on my deviantart ! feel free to adjust layers if you want to. just keep the credit to me still ! it might not work on all colors the same. this psd coloring comes with some adjustments !
PRICE : none. only for my tip jar/subscribers ( if you don’t have deviantart or don’t want to subscribe to the tip jar, / hmu and i can send you my ko-fi you can donate on and ill send you the psd after it !
#storybrooke#ouat#once upon a time#emma swan#regina mills#henry mills#psd#psds#psd coloring#psd colorings#psd resources#resources#rp help#roleplay psd#icon psd#filters#rp resources#psd download#psd files#tumblr rp
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Fox cloth cuts like rich butter with tailors' shears and the dense, rich finish makes a superlative flannel suit.
- Simon Cundey, Henry Poole & Co
Legend has it, that when Sir Winston Churchill made his most memorable speeches in Parliament or on the BBC Radio he was clad in a suit cut from the finest West of England flannel, woven by his woollen mill of choice, the iconic Fox Brothers & Co.
Much like Churchill, Fox Brothers is a British institution of near national significance; at one time one of the largest and most prestigious woollen mills in the country, an employer to five thousand tradesmen, occupying a monumental site of several square miles, filled with the imposing red-brick towers and belching chimneys synonymous with good old Victorian industrialism in Wellington, Somerset.
Fox Brothers have been producing woollen and worsted fabric in Somerset since 1772, ie for the past two hundred and fifty years. Officially credited as the original creators of flannel, to this day we combine traditional manufacturing processes with state of the art design technology, to create the finest wool and cashmere cloth available in the world.
The mill's scale of production at its peak was quite frankly biblical; in 1914, with the outbreak of the First World War, the mill received the single largest textile order of the conflict, for 825 miles worth of khaki - a fabric which Fox Brothers can lay claim to having invented in 1901.
Sadly, such days are long behind many British manufacturers but fortunately today, Fox Brothers is experiencing a heart-warming renaissance and has returned to form as one of the finest producers of worsteds and woollen flannels in the United Kingdom.
In 2009, upon hearing that Fox was in dire straits, Douglas Cordeaux and his business partner Deborah Meaden, didn't think twice about running to the rescue and taking over Fox Brothers. Cordeaux was a menswear designer with a long history in luxury menswear and a passion for British heritage brands.
Thirteen years later, their brave decision and extraordinary vision has revitalised the mill and business now growing at a rate of knots - supplying cut lengths to the finest bespoke tailors and clothiers far and wide, and also weaving commercial orders for a huge number of international luxury brands; from Hackett to Aquascutum, Louis Vuitton and just about every single house on Savile Row.
Generations of men - and increasingly women - are grateful that Fox Bros have been the mainstay of their bespoke Savile Row suit or jacket. One of my woollen jackets from Huntsman carried the Fox Bros unshowy and understated label inside.
#simon cundey#henry poole & co#quote#fox bros#fox brothers#bespoke tailor#mill#cloth#woollen mill#savile row#history#british#english#icon#style#suit#elegance#heritage
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#* strandaed ✗ ❲ henry mills ❳ .#* strandaed ✗ ❲ edits ❳ .#mutuals may reblog .#personals do not touch .#his first meeting with alice will never not be iconic#he's just like wtf
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What was it like having the classic 'child caught parents in bed together' moment? Did you have to explain to Henry what was going on?
Probably the most terrifying thing of my life, honestly. I'm still wrapping my mind around the fact that Mary Margaret and David are my parents and we're the same age... so I doubt I'll ever explain all of that to Henry. That's not how I want to have such a conversation with my kid, thanks.
#2x10#episode: the cricket game#emma swan#henry mills#answered: in character#answered: anonymous#// iconic moment still after all these years!
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Listen, I need more fics of Alex in NYU Law.
I need to see him make friends who treat him like a normal person. And as much as they do, his life still calls for the extraordinary lol Like he has notes to his professors asking to be excused ‘cause he has a White House/politics related engagement.
I also need to see Alex doing really well in class. I wanna see his profs being impressed, even the ones who doubted him in the beginning thinking he got in because of who his mother is.
I wanna see him just blend in so well with certain people they sometimes forget he’s actually like.. an icon
Like a classmate would blurt ��Yeah, and my mother-in-law is the Queen of England” to express how ridiculous something is
And Alex just responds nonchalantly with “Mine will soon be” and continues to just sip on his frappe lol
I need to see Alex stress out over deadlines and exams and recitations like ordinary students. Have study groups. Go to parties. Live as much of an ordinary life as he can even though he’s constantly flanked by body guards lol
Eventually his friends become friends with Cash and they just get used to everything. The extraordinary-ness of their occasionally ordinary friend.
I would also like to think Alex’s NYU friends are protective of Alex. They can sniff out who’s just gonna use him for their gain, who’s being too nosy, etc.
Likewise Alex is an extremely giving friend. He’s more well-off than most of them but he doesn’t like to flaunt that or make them feel uncomfortable with gifts. But he does help when it comes to school, finding resources, helping them find internships. He goes all out for them, too. He also does occasionally buy them expensive gifts during special occasions just because haha
I also wanna see how Henry is able to help Alex unwind during his busiest, craziest days where he basically has coffee as an IV. I bet they’d be the type to parallel do stuff lol. Like Henry would devour a novel while Alex studies, and they would happy just being pressed against each other as they do so.
It would also be funny to see Henry just randomly show up at NYU with the packed lunch (which he definitely did not order from somewhere😅) that Alex forgot to bring when he frantically rushed to get to class on time.
I need to see his classmates shocked at how casually the Prince of England just drops by (even though he has like PPOs)
Maybe there’s a rumor mill in school too, just people talking about the stupid tabloid articles about whether Henry and Alex are hitting a rough patch, they’re going to break up, Alex is a bad influence on Henry, etc. This pisses off Alex’s friends off more because well, at this point Alex is used to it.
And when Henry arrives at school he makes sure to be extra sweet when people are looking.
And since this is law school and everyone’s older, Alex definitely has friends who get married. He brings Henry as his plus one and there are jokes about protecting the cake 😅
#rwrb#rwrb book#rwrb movie#alex claremont diaz#acd#acd rwrb#alex rwrb#prince henry rwrb#prince henry fox mountchristen windsor#prince henry of wales#henry rwrb#firstprince#halex#henry x alex#acd nyu law#acd nyu#alex claremont diaz nyu
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ouat 1x01 thoughts
god regina, you dramatic bitch. “I shall destroy your happiness if it is the last thing I do” ok darling, you can destroy me if you’d like
henry is so small, his tiny cheeks awww
not to be gay but… emma swan in the pink dress. fuck. i forgot how attracted to her i was. and the HAIR, the fucking princess curls. jesus christ her ARMS.
“bail bonds-person” i love her
yesss bitch, strut across the street like you own it. absolute icon behavior, slamming that asshole’s face into the steering wheel.
babe you’re so sad and pathetic with your vanilla cupcake. i bet she wished for family.
not her apartment door saying ‘cast a spell’
“My name’s Henry, and i’m your son” agevgsvegw STOP
her having a panic attack in the bathroom, so real.
once again, her ARMS, i want her so bad
henry’s cute little freckles, i can’t do this.
idgaf abt snow and charming “She poisoned an apple because she thought I was prettier than her” shut up bitch, you know that’s not why
“Oh kid, you’ve got problems” emma swan, insulting children since 1983
ok but the fact that they chose the name ‘emma’ in a fairytale world, lmao
evil queen theme song playing as they enter storybrooke
emma swan wearing the most dyke outfit possible. getting ready to impress milfs
not that there’s any significance, but emma’s license plate is: 836•M4X
snow and charming are so annoying istg
ewww the blue fairy, i hate that bitch (derogatory)
regina running towards henry and wrapping him up in a hug. her eyes are wet. good lord, her first reaction is concern and worry, not anger.
“I found my real mom” my HEART. her face after he said that, so stricken and hurt, baby…
emma’s little flustered, ‘hi’ when talking to a gorgeous milf. ok babe, we get it, you’re gay.
graham leaving bc of emma and regina’s immediate sexual tension. and regina’s eyes roving over emma.
first ‘Miss Swan’ of the show at exactly 21:00 minutes.
emma swan is so desperate to impress regina. it’d be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic (affectionate)
“Sneaky bastard” once again, emma swan insulting children since 1983
crashing into the storybrooke sign like the absolute icon she is
the cgi 💀💀
yay!! curse time :)
emma waking up in a jail cell. she just does not give a fuck about this shit.
her lips parting when she she’s regina, ok babe, she’s hot we get it
LIP SCAR
god mary-margaret pisses me off
go regina, knock over mary-margaret’s shit, absolute queen
“She’s kinda a hardass” yes but that turns you on, doesn’t it?
gina’s so hot when she’s evil
putting a newborn through the wardrobe to save themselves, a+ parenting
henry mills, once again, the most mature one in a situation “You don’t have to be hostile. You like me, I can tell. You’re just pushing me away because I make you feel guilty.”
“I wanted you to have your best chance. But it’s not with me. C’mon, let’s go.” go emma! be the mature adult i know you can be
petition to get emma swan a therapist so she can deal with all her issues (trust me, she’s got a lot of them)
“Look, your mom is trying her best. I know it’s hard, and I know sometimes you think she doesn’t love you, but at least she wants you.” emma swan, standing up for regina mills since the moment they met
mmm regina’s voice is so hot.
her unhinged laughter, i love her so much
“Where are we going?” “Somewhere horrible, absolutely horrible” takes them to maine
emma swan is so fucking desperate for regina’s approval. she wished to not be alone on her birthday, baby…
second ‘Miss Swan’ of the show at 38:43 (i will be keeping count of all of them :D)
regina fidgeting with her blazer pockets, she’s so anxious
first “He’s my son” at 39:01 minutes
“I will destroy you if it is the last thing I do” babe, it’s kinda gay to have a nemesis, just saying
third ‘Miss Swan’ of the show at 39:32
baby… gina is coming apart at the seems
god, not to be gay, but regina’s HANDS at 40:27 agevvegse
emma’s only staying because of regina’s provocations. she wouldn’t have stayed for henry.
gold is so icky.
she’s staying a *only* a week, sure babe, sure.
also side note, i forgot how good the coloring was in ouat. like its very faded, maybe indicative of storybrooke being stuck in the past???
#i will do this for as many eps as i feel like#is anyone going to read this. absolutely not#but i’m having fun#ouat#swan queen#regina mills#ouat rambles#anya rambles#once upon a time#i sound insane i’m (not) sorry
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me: now it is interesting that emma swan and lorelai gilmore got incredibly similar treatment in their respective fandoms; they were both teen parents, and working-class ones at that, who struggled to make ends meet and made difficult decisions to give their child the best life they could. despite this though, their fandoms can only focus on and exaggerate their shortcomings; in emma's case it was giving henry away and in lorelai's it was being too friendly and immature around rory.
still me: by contrast, regina mills and emily gilmore-who are in many ways emma and lorelai's counterparts in regard to motherhood-are hailed as "icons" and also the best mothers on their respective shows despite having significantly more shortcomings than emma and lorelai did. henry is painted as an ungrateful brat despite clear evidence that regina was an unfit if not abusive parent, which in turn demonises emma for "turning" henry against regina. moreover, we see throughout the show that emily is an overbearing and toxic influence on lorelai, criticising every movement she does, and yet lorelai is still called ungrateful. what unites emily and regina is their wealth, as this is used as proof that they gave their children good lives despite their canon actions.
still me: in summary, although these are two different shows, their fanbases show the same bias towards upper-class motherhood and a belief that providing for a child's basic needs is somehow a grand gesture, and in turn demonises and belittles the very struggles lorelai and emma had gone through as mothers.
take-away delivery guy: ma'am please just take your food.
#in conclusion: emma and lorelai would be best friends#emma swan#lorelai gilmore#anti regal believer#anti regina mills#(to be safe)#emily gilmore#anti emily gilmore#(again to be safe)#ouat#gilmore girls
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I'm not a big Star Wars person, but it's implied in Once Upon a Time that Regina Mills is, and I'm pretty confident that her favorite Star Wars character is Anakin Skywalker.
Firstly, the fashion sense. Forget Luke's Chanel boots, Darth Vader had the cuntiest outfits in that whole galaxy, and Regina as a certified fashion icon would appreciate that.
Secondly, the love for his son. I can imagine this hitting different for Regina at different points in time. Before adopting Henry, she'd probably feel a longing for that kind of bond. Maybe she'd even see herself in Luke and she'd wish that her mother had been willing to change for her like Anakin did, or that her father had been strong enough to stand up to her mother like Vader did to Palpatine. After adopting Henry and before the curse broke, I imagine she'd respect Anakin, look up to him even. She'd vow to put her son first like he did, no matter what happened, but she wouldn't yet see herself as needing to change like he did. And finally, years after the curse broke, I think she'd see Anakin as a kindred spirit, and she would feel sad for him that he didn't have more time with Luke. But it would still warm her heart that Luke kept trying to save him.
Thirdly, and perhaps most crucially, the way he had been systematically stripped of his personhood and sought to reaffirm it. I think Regina would regard the prequels as not being very good movies, but she would have a soft spot for them nonetheless. I can imagine the first time she saw The Phantom Menace and baby Anakin, a child slave stripped of freedom and personhood by the society he lived in, telling Padme, "I'm a person, and my name is Anakin." I think that probably made her cry -- to see under the hood of this larger-than-life villain to the trapped child underneath, the child who had never been free, trading one master for another his whole life, who nonetheless asserted his personhood in such a plain, defiant way. I'm sure she'd read and watched all of this Earth's versions of the Snow White fairytale by now, and yet she didn't see herself in any of the various Evil Queens. The fairytale portrayals of her robbed her of her humanity the same way the society she came from did, the same way Cora, Leopold, and Rumple did. But when baby Anakin asserted his own humanity to Padme, she finally saw herself -- not in any fairytale villain but in a child longing to be free, to be acknowledged as human, for that's what she, too, has wanted all along. "I'm a person," baby Anakin would say onscreen, "and my name is Anakin." I'm a person, too, she would think, and my name is Regina.
#don't mind me just thinking about villains who have been systematically denied freedom and personhood their entire lives lol#regina mills#anakin skywalker#ouat meta#once upon a time#star wars#and it's the story of us
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New OUAT OCs
this is all @the-witching-ash's fault for encouraging me to make a new oc to ship with Graham and now instead I have 10...
Angel Dearly | Anita Dumas in Long Live: Anita Radcliffe in the Enchanted Forest but has not married Roger so keeps her maiden name, Dumas. In Storybrooke she's a waitress at Granny's Diner who dreams of moving away and becoming a fashion designer. Shipped with @the-witching-ash's Roman Taylor | Roger Radcliffe and is Anastasia Dearly | Adelaide Dumas' granddaughter*
Named Angel for its similarities to Anita; Dearly for Anita's last name in the live action movie, and Dumas for Alexandre Dumas the French author/playwright
*this is specifically in Long Live/the crossover, theoretically she has a solo verse shipped with Graham but I only care about the crossover
Alissa Thorn | Priscilla Page in Dear Reader: Priscilla Page (from the Fables comics) in the Enchanted Forest, in Storybrooke she is the middle child between her sisters, her job is still TBD
Named Alissa as it means Wanderer, and Priscilla's place of power is the open road
Corrina Mills | Persephone in Rite Of Spring: Regina & Zelena's younger half sister, named after her mother Cora. She is Persephone in the Enchanted Forest and in Storybrooke she's Corrina Mills, Regina's younger sister and the only person who can leave Storybrooke without any issue but she either always finds herself returning without meaning to or she forgets about Storybrooke when she's out of the bubble and forgets about the "real world" when she's in Storybrooke. Her father is Rumplestiltskin, and she is most likely going to be shipped with Graham
Named Corrina both for her mother, Cora, and because it's a variation of Kore, which is another name for Persephone
Dove Thorn | Robin Page in Dear Reader: The youngest of the Page/Thorn sisters. In the Enchanted Forest she is Robin Page (from the Fables comics), and in Storybrooke she is Dove Thorn, Alissa & Evelyn's younger sister who works somewhere in the Sheriff's Department.
Named Dove as it is a type of bird, like Robin
Eilwony in Rabbit Heart: Eilwony from the Black Cauldron. She was a captive to Regina in the Enchanted Forest and is still captive through the curse. Because of being in Regina's castle, she was not affected by the curse and has kept all of her memories, but she can't escape or do anything with that knowledge until Henry Mills finds her and helps to rescue her. Daughter of a magic user, but I haven't decided which one yet.
(name does not change as she does not have a Storybrooke version of herself)
Evelyn Thorn | Hillary Page in Dear Reader: The oldest Thorn sister, she's Hillary Page (from the Fables comics) in the Enchanted Forest. In Storybrooke she's Evelyn Thorn, who "recently" took over her mother's job as the elementary school librarian.
Named Evelyn after the most iconic librarian around, Evelyn O'Connell from The Mummy
Mirella Gold | Christine Daae in Once Upon A Song: Christine Daae (Phantom Of The Opera) in the Enchanted Forest, Rumplestiltskin takes on the role of her phantom in many ways. In Storybrooke she is Mirella Gold, who works as a personal assistant (tbd to who) but dreams of becoming a songwriter. She is raised by Mr Gold, but I haven't decided yet if she knows that she's adopted or believes that he's her father. Might be shipped with Graham.
Named Mirella after Mirella Freni, considered one of the best opera singers of all time
(in my heart, @the-witching-ash's Adelaide | Anastasia is her music teacher 🥺 )
Nieva in Eatnamen Vuelie: Nieva is Elsa's daughter, who Elsa does not know exists, and sadly that's all that I know so far!
Named Nieva as it means Snow, her name does not change as she does not have a Storybrooke version of herself
Paige Thorn | Prose Page in Dear Reader: Prose Page (from the Fables comics) in the Enchanted Forest. In Storybrooke she is Paige Thorn, English teacher turned school librarian who "recently" quit her job to open her own bookstore, leaving her eldest daughter to become the new librarian.
Named Paige as a pun on Prose Page's last name
Sadie “Sugar” Monroe | Charlotte LaBouff in Sweet Nothing: Charlotte LaBouff in the Enchanted Forest. In Storybrooke she is Sadie Monroe (but everyone calls her Sugar), a pageant princess rich girl with a heart of gold. She is an event planner and organizes plenty of town events and fundraisers, and will be shipped with either Graham or David.
Named Sadie as it is a common Southern girl name and nicknamed Sugar because it is a common nickname in the South (both chosen as a nod to Charlotte LaBouff being a Southern Belle), last name Monroe as Lottie's design was inspired by Marilyn Monroe
(ps thank you @ginevrastilinski-ocs for the help is naming Nieva and Sugar!)
#new oc#new idea#fyeahonceuponatimeocs#angel dearly#alissa thorn#corrina mills#dove thorn#eilwony#evelyn thorn#mirella gold#nieva#paige thorn#sugar monroe#long live#dear reader#rite of spring#rabbit heart#once upon a song#eatnamen vuelie#sweet nothing#my ocs#ouat oc
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The Set Design for OUAT was... A Choice
I hate doing this because I know a lot of people work hard to make movies and TV and if anyone's ever worked on set you know it's a miracle TV and movies actually get made but this show had... Such weird sets.
Look at Snow White's loft:
Not a single comfortable place to sit in sight.
There's a bike no one has ever used hanging from the wall.
Also, and this has been mentioned in fics a lot: both bedrooms were part of the greater space. Like, they weren't divided by anything more than a curtain and... a railing.
What family, of more than 1 couple, would choose to live like that? It makes absolutely no sense. Also, both bathrooms? Frosted glass walls. ALL AROUND. What. the. actual. fuck??
Moving on to Mifflin Street:
For a show that run for 7 seasons, we really don't see much of the interior of characters' houses. Other than the foyer and Henry's room (in season 1) we don't see any more of the Mills' house. Which is insane. What we do see is sparsely furnished and looks too much like a plantation mansion for comfort. Perhaps it is best that we didn't see more of it?
The Mayor's Office:
I don't think Regina was originally evil. I think she was normal, then she went to this workplace and it messed up her brain. I think the only thing that could make this set design worse, would be the painting of a bird on the wall. It would make it look like insane.
This is so black and white and ornate it's giving me a headache just looking at it.
I don't think this is fairytale Evil Queen. More like girlboss corporate which, if that's what they were going for with Regina, they missed the mark by a mile.
I'd have definitely gone for deep colors and vintage furniture, like
This is a place from which Regina Mills governs her town.
Granny's Dinner:
... is really so grey.
I can bring the characters to mind being in this space, but if I hadn't looked up the image I wouldn't be able to describe what the place looks like. I'm like, it has booths and a bar, but what does either look like, I can't tell you.
Think of places characters frequent in other shows: Luke's Dinner in Gilmore Girls, the iconic cafe in Friends, if you've seen either show I bet you can easily bring the space to mind, right? You would be hard pressed to bring to mind the grey wasteland of an interior from Granny's. Maybe they could have gone for something with even a tiny bit more character?
Having said that, Storybrooke was so white I'm surprised they ever ate any food so, maybe Granny's was actually an accurate representation of the town's food culture.
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list of my favorite once upon a time episodes in each season so tee knows what to look forward to <3 excluding season one and the beginning of 2 because they already watched those duh…
2: child of the moon, idk if you already watched that one or not but i LOVE that episode. slay red!! the miller’s daughter literally slay rose mcgowan. the outsider (belle!!!!). and lacey (again. belle!!!). manhattan (iconic episode. big. huge.). also i personally love the finale although there a pieces of it i don’t vibe with (FLOP villains)
3: the heart of the truest believer (i love you henry….). quite a common fairy slay tinker bell slay soulmates slay regina. good form (i love you killian). going home, episodes that are quite literally burned into my memory forever they affected me so greatly i love you midseason finales i love you memory of frantically rushing home from that goddamn youth group meeting to put this on 20 minutes late i love you season three. witch hunt literally a slay. a curious thing i love you regina. TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE FINALE I LOVE YOU.
4: white out (a jane classic. she writes all the biggest slays). fall (episodes that make you soooooo excited to see the next one you go crazy insane). shattered sight (episodes that are SO funny and dumb and dramatic and camp). poor unfortunate soul (i love you ursula…). lily (um what if i was the darkness to your light or whatever lol…). operation mongoose is like if a finale was bad but also fantastic and fun and also still kind of bad in a way. its complex
5: siege perilous!!!! (another jane espenson CLASSIC. this it THE episode!). the broken kingdom (slay ouat king arthur i love your well meaning corruption arc swag i love your cuck realness i love how you studied the blade <3 hugeee surprise tumblr user arthurgirl is an apologist for ouat evil king arthur who could ever have seen this coming). NIMUE!! (episodes of all time, also what i always bring up in arguments about the greek mythology stuff coming out of nowhere. she literally reforges excalibur with the flame of prometheus). the bear king (my beloved little filler episode that’s also not filler it’s deathly important). swan song (don’t even talk to me about this one). labor of love (i love you hercules). OUR DECAY. ruby slippers (i love you gay people). firebird (i love you emma). two part finale only you/an untold story is like if a finale was awful and aired on your mom’s birthday which was also mother’s day which was also a sunday and your family went to a marching band related event for your sister and you stayed home because you like hate marching band events and you’re 14 and then you celebrate your mom’s birthday but you’re bummed because this finale was bad but then like six years later you realize it was actually good except it’s also bad
6: the other shoe (what if an episode was bad but it was about your beloved cinderella and also it’s camp actually! another hit from jane!). street rats (what if an episode was good and it was about your friend aladdin…). heartless (i love you snow and charming). ill boding patterns (gideon! what if daddy issues made you insane.) page 23 (i love you regina). mother’s little helper (gideon!! what if mommy issues made you a psychopath). awake (i LOVE you snow and charming!). the song in your heart (musical episode!!). the final battle!!! what if a season finale was the best thing you’d ever seen in your life!!
7: garden of forking paths (what if an episode was kind of bad but your friend cinderella was in it). beauty (slayyy alice!!). wake up call (“sorry i missed your little… avengers assembly” said with sooo much contempt). the eighth witch (it’s like if an episode was a midseason finale but it wasn’t very good but it also slayed). the girl in the tower (i love gay people). breadcrumbs!!! (my episode!!! he doesn’t need a great story he just wants a great life!!!). the guardian (i love gay people!) is this henry mills? (what if an episode did weird time travel and nothing really made sense but it slayed). and then obviously leaving storybrooke is THE finale. what if a series finale was a little bad but it was your favorite show and it aired on your birthday and it made you cry three times.
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Here are my top 5 favorite crime films, all are classics of the genre:
The Godfather (1972). This epic crime film tells the story of the Corleone family, a powerful Mafia in New York City. The Godfather is possibly the greatest movie ever made, not just crime film. Tt won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Marlon Brando. The Godfather is a masterpiece of cinema, with its well-acted, well-directed, and well-written script. It is also a film that is full of complex characters, immersive storytelling, and timeless themes.
“Im going to make him an offer he can’t refuse”
“ Mmm, this is a tasty burger!”
"The stuff that dreams are made of"
. This neo-noir crime thriller directed by David Fincher follows two detectives who are hunting down a serial killer who is killing people based on the seven deadly sins. Se7en is known for its dark and gritty world, and its shocking twist ending. Se7en is a well-crafted mystery with a satisfyingly twist ending. The film follows two detectives, William Somerset (Freeman) and David Mills (Pitt), as they track down a serial killer who is targeting people based on the seven deadly sins. The film keeps the audience guessing until the very end, and the twist ending is truly shocking.
“What’s in the Box?”
. This biographical crime film tells the story of Henry Hill, a mobster who rises through the ranks of the New York Mafia. Goodfellas is based on the true story of Henry Hill, and it is known for its realistic portrayal of organized crime. Goodfellas is full of memorable scenes, from the iconic Copacabana tracking shot to the violent heist. These scenes are both exciting and suspenseful, and they help to keep the viewer following along throughout the film.
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a ganster”
Conclusion: The crime genre is one of the most popular and enduring in cinema. These five films represent the best of the best, with their well-crafted stories, memorable characters, and great visuals. If you're a fan of crime films, or if you're simply looking for a great movie to watch, then I highly recommend checking out any of these films.
I hope this list has inspired you to watch some classic crime films. These films are all well worth your time, and I'm sure you'll enjoy them as much as I do.
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Safe Spaces: Lavender House
I just finished Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen. I have thoughts...
Here there be spoilers!
Move over, Benoit Blanc! It’s been a banner year for queer detectives and while Rian Johnson has given us an icon for the silver screen, Lev AC Rosen has created one for the page in Evander “Andy” Mills, openly gay private eye and narrator of Lavender House. But while the Blanc mysteries are largely the fun kind of lampooning of our privileged and bigoted populations, Lavender House is more somber in tone and more reflective about the place of queer people in the United States.
Set in the 1950s, Lavender House introduces the reader to Andy Mills in the worst period of his life. Mills knows he’s gay, and has struggled through life hiding it first as a soldier and then as a police officer. In an era where gay people’s existences were explicitly criminalized, Mills has spent his career deftly sneaking around in underground gay bars and clubs to avoid detection. But one day, his luck runs out: forcibly outed in a raid, Mills knows life as he once knew it is over and he is officially and forever an outcast. He contemplates ending his life, but before he can he’s offered an unusual job...to find out the truth behind the sudden and mysterious death of the matriarch behind the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Escorted to the private home compound called, affectionately, ‘Lavender House,’ Mills meets an unusual family and must determine if any of them is a murderer.
The twist, naturally, is that every inhabitant of Lavender House is queer (hence the name, for people who know their history: lavender was a color code associated with gay culture). Victim Irene lived romantically with her ‘secretary’ (wife) Pearl. Irene had a son from a first marriage, called Henry, who is legally Married to Margo. However, Henry is truly partnered with his ‘secretary,’ Cliff, and Margo is partnered with her ‘friend,’ the notorious club owner, Elsie. Even the three staff members--two women who are partnered and one man who recognized Andy from the clubs--are also gay. In fact, the reason Mills is hired by Pearl is because he is pointed out to her as having been fired as a cop for being gay. In this private, moneyed estate, all of them can close the gates to shut out the eyes and the threats of the outside world. In Lavender House, they live as they choose. So Andy Mills discovers something in Lavender House he could only have dreamed about: a safe space.
The term ‘safe spaces’ has become a double-edged sword. On the one hand, all people who fall under the rainbow umbrella need and deserve spaces where we can feel free to be ourselves, to meet people like us, and to live feeling like we can breathe. All of us can probably remember having some moment like Andy, looking around at the life and the love he sees shared around him:
“Elsie...dipping her slightly as they kiss. Margo is smiling the whole time. This is like how Cliff leans his head on Henry's shoulder. For them, it's the bickering, the flirting, that brings them closer. It's funny how many ways there are to show you're in love, and yet outside Lavender House, we never get to experience any of them.”
Home is supposed to be the place where we can retreat from the outside forces that condemn us, or silence us. It’s supposed to be a refuge where we can be our most free and honest selves. In that sense, a place like Lavender House probably seems more than a haven...it’s almost like paradise.
On the other hand, isolating ourselves is both limiting because it can create an echo chamber and because it creates boundaries between us and the wider world we deserve to live in. Andy sees some of the consequences firsthand: Cliff never leaves the estate, fearing recriminations from a vengeful bio family, and spends long, lonely hours practically isolated. The bars may be gilded, but Lavender House has become a cage. Even the most powerful member of the surviving family, heir Henry, has a complicated relationship to the self-imposed isolation of Lavender House. But his conclusion is that the pain is worth the protection. “Just because we know what we are, and we know what the world is, doesn't mean we can change anything about either of them...I never felt ashamed of who I was, but I felt a lot angrier outside this place.”
So is a safe space a heaven or a hell? Is a place like Lavender House the solution or does it create yet more problems for the people it’s supposed to protect?
I think these are the wrong questions. I don’t think it’s about where you choose to plant your roots or how. The question is: who are you choosing to plant them with?
In the 1950s, it would have been a mostly foregone conclusion that coming out meant becoming a pariah. So, many chose to bury that part of themselves deep in order to be able to remain part of their homes and their families. But Elsie has a point: “You can’t hide a part of yourself from people and still be their family. And if you share that part...well, most families tell you you’re not family, then anyway...now your real family is going to be the one you make of other people like you.”
Coming out is not a universal social death sentence today. But that doesn’t mean we automatically feel at home in the families or communities we are born into. Now as then, we look for places to find “companionship. Friends. Lovers. Family. We have to make these things for ourselves.”
Every member of the family agrees that Lavender House is worth saving, and that justice in their case must be nontraditional in order to protect the precious life they have created. Because the truth is that the bond between them shapes their world more than a fence ever could. Lavender House isn’t a haven because it’s a mansion exclusively full of queer people. It’s because Lavender House is a giant family of queer people who came together and choose every day to love and protect each other no matter what.
Maybe the reason we still struggle over safe spaces is because, like everything, we forget that no two people are exactly the same. The perfect safe space doesn’t look the same for everyone. While readers leave the Lavender House family strengthened in their renewed love and faith in each other, Andy Mills leaves them to seek a new adventure. Even though Andy is invited to join the Lavender House family, in the end he chooses not to: “I've seen what life can look like, even if the one here isn't the one I want. Maybe, though, they've shown me a door to something better. It might fail. I might fail. But at least I'll do it as myself.” Andy is finally able to recognize that there is a big world out there, full of people living all kinds of different lives despite the odds, and that bonds of love that form a community can be found in all kinds of places. He doesn’t have to settle for a place that isn’t his. He can build one of his own.
Home is more than the walls we live in. Home is in the people we share them with. And if we haven’t found the place we fit in the world yet, then we have to keep living, learning, and laying the foundations for the place where we will.
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top five once upon a time christ figure moments <3
OH HOW TO CHOOSE... i will definitely need to update this list once i rewatch the show but off the top of my head(most of these are early on because i haven't watched the later seasons in quite a while):
(SPOILERS AHEAD)
okay the read more thing is getting fucked up so im adding this paragraph in hopes that it will get it to work. tumblr why are you like this
henry getting poisoned from the apple turnover and coming back to life at the end of s1. he goes oh you don't believe? well what if i die and you have to bring me back to life through the power of love and magic. double emma and henry christ figure moment there. also that scene where henry bites the turnover and passes out is SO iconic
just everything with emma's birth. literal baby who everyone is trying to kill and who represents hope and love and is predestined to save the world!!!
neal/baelfire is very jesuscoded to me. gentle nice kid with a scary powerful dad; dies to save emma and henry et cetera. neal and emma are kind of a jesus4jesus power couple if you think about it
snow white!!! special princess who is badass and kind and all the animals love and who everyone is trying to kill. when she eats the poison apple knowing what's going to happen. and then essentially gets resurrected. (bonus: that scene with the huntsman where he spares her life and then later gets martyred for it) sidenote maybe there's some kind of genetic component here actually because snow, emma, henry, and lucy are all some level of jesuscoded. pretty neat of them
henry having the heart of the truest believer!! also his little speech in new york where he tells everyone to believe and make a wish and its like that moment in a covertly religious hallmark movie where the christ figure character gets everyone to believe in the magic of christmas. does that make any sense
anyways i really need to rewatch this show because i know there are so many more that i'm forgetting especially in the later seasons.
(honorable mentions: whatever was going on with lily's whole judas (and/or antichrist??) thing with emma. pinnochio/august booth. lucy mills. everything about the final battle. many more things that i simply don't remember off the top of my head)
#to be fair any kind of 'chosen one' storyline in western media is inevitably going to be kind of jesuscoded#since its basically impossible to separate western media from the bible (even when the parallel is not intentional)#not that thats a great thing. but i do think it makes for interesting patterns in storytelling and i like to talk about it nonetheless#ouat#asks#arthurgirl#ouat spoilers
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Lululemon - PANTSDEMONIUM! from Sam Pilling on Vimeo.
Drop everything... Lululemon now stock pants FOR MEN!
Starring:
Casey Neistat
Wayne Gretzky
Sean Payton
DK Metcalf
Featuring:
Businessman: Jason Bempong
Cafe Friends: Enrique Garcia, Asher Mudenge & Brody McPherson
Waiter: Ajay Banks
Cafe Owner: Brandy Le
Onlookers at Cafe: Medha Guatham & Vanessa Elie
Man in Hairdressers: Andrew Creightney
Bus Stop: Bradley Duffy, Peter Chan, Connor Riopel
Onlookers: Jasmin Doing & Marcia Eleccion
News Reporter: Vivian Davidson
Cameraman: Carson Bokenfohr
Stunt Driver: Brian Peers
And many, many more...!
Agency: AdLabs LLC
ECD: Shu Hung
Creatives: Mike Lomanto & Michael Lopez
Agency Producer: Alexis Galmin
Executive Producer: Maddi Clarke
Director: Sam Pilling
MD: Davud Karbassioun
Executive Producer: Nick Fuller
Head of Production: Clark Farrell
Producer: Jess Hall
DP: Pat Scola at Iconic Talent Agency
1st AD: Stu Andrews
Production Designer: Jay Hougaard at WPA
Wardrobe: Nancy Steiner
Service Company: Means of Production
Executive Producer: Heinrich Beisheim
Service producer: Jill Sartore
Production Manager: Dan Hellmann
Production Coordinator: Drew Wittstock
Location Manager: Oliver Rappard
Key Grip:Mike Hrycan
Gaffer: Drew Davidson
Canadian Production Designer: Pedro Romero
Director’s PA: Mat O’Hara
Edit: grant Surmi at Exile Edit
Lead VFX: Benn Turner
VFX: The Mill
Post Producer: Matt Squires
Colour: Jean-Clément Soret at Company 3
Colour Producers: Chris Anthony & Ellora Soret
Music: Teddy Beats Picnic - Henry Hall (1932)
Music Search: Twenty Below Music
Sound Design: Sam Ashwell at 750mph
Sound Producer: Olivia Ray
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