PLEASE don't vote other and tag Spirited Away/Kiki/Howl's Moving Castle/Princess Mononoke/My Neighbor Totoro/Ponyo - this is about lesser known/less popular/underrated Ghibli movies!
Butch coworker called me a kindred spirit after I told her that her refusal of my help digging her car out (she forgot her snow scraper and shovel at home and it snowed then froze during our work day, and I had mine in my car where they live even in the summer) was the butchest thing I'd ever heard. And then I dug her car out anyway. And she called me a good man 🥺
family portrait :D young sam and sybil are behaving themselves and vimes is throwing a hissy fit because they tried to make him wear the helmet
[id: a digital painting of three people sitting for a portrait in a domestic interior. young sam is standing with his hands behind his back and beaming proudly. vimes is standing behind him with his hand on his shoulder, wearing a shiny military uniform and a surly expression. sybil is sitting on the right with an arm around young sam, smiling at the viewer. a plumed helmet is sitting on a table on the left. end id.]
what i like especially about the pronouns in the goblin emperor is that this language doesn't just have the T-V distinction (aka informal vs. formal second-person pronouns, in this case 'thou' vs. 'you'), it also has informal and formal first-person pronouns. having BOTH of these distinctions in the same language lets you fine-tune your tone by mixing and matching. with only one axis of formality, when you use informal pronouns, are you being familiar in an intimate way, or in an insolent or dismissive way? when you use formal pronouns, are you being polite or standoffish? you can't tell just from the pronouns; there's ambiguity. but a language where you can use a formal first-person pronoun in the same sentence as an informal second-person pronoun allows you to distance yourself (via the formal first) while also being familiar (via the informal second), thereby achieving the conversational tenor known to linguists as Fuck Thee Specifically.
Ok re: the post about there not being queerphobia in Exandria, this also obviously applies to Candela Obscura, and this makes Leo's character extremely funny because Taliesin (actual queer person living in our real world) absolutely drew from the "confirmed bachelor" archetype in creating a gay man living modestly but not without style off a small trust fund (not a confirmed bachelor, perhaps but there's some Prior Walter vibes here for sure). However, often this sort of character is a disappointment to his wealthy family because he's gay, and that's not why Leo is a disappointment; he is just unemployed by choice and a massive bitch.
ianthe: i’m sure harrow’s lobotomy should be simple to hide from god. the side effects are only obvious when she’s reminded about her cavalier, which should be easy enough to avoid. after all, what here could possibly remind her of—
john: Gideon! how nice of you to arrive. hey girls! meet your elder brother :)