Studio footage depicting Akira’s painting and colouring process. The film used an unprecedented palette of 327 colours, due to so many scenes being set at night.
no one tells you that Adulthood is faking it til you make it and finding joy in things like cleaning out your closet or managing to buy candles 50% off
ive been thinking and honest to god: i think i would actually join a girl gang if the offer came. like a legitimate, hierarchical, “let’s carry knives under our skirts and beat up men” gang. fuck college
bringing back the sukeban girl gangs from the 70’s that wore long skirts against teen sexualization and fucked things up for the patriarchy
and this was no “5 girls in a small town” who made the news—this was yakuza level shit. 20,000 girls getting into gang fights and shoplifting and getting pissed off that only men were allowed to be rough and violent and angry
and y’all wanna know the funniest part? immediately after this trend blew up, the Men decided to sexualize the hell out of these girls. this included movie adaptations and pornos where the skirts were made shorter and the tits were bigger cause apparently they had found their new fetish
but here’s how they actually looked, and it’s actually pretty badass:
I can’t believe Spider-Man defeated not one but TWO Disney films and grabbed the Golden Globe
Oh my goodness I’m so happy *ugly sobbing*
People don’t understand why this is a big deal.
Disney has a stranglehold on animation. Ya’ll remember when Frozen came out? Well when it won the Oscar for best-animated film, it was revealed that the people voting didn’t watch any of the other films. Frozen only won because of it’s brand name. For Spiderverse to defeat two Disney films is big because not only does it prove that animated movies feature people of color can be successful but it’s also showing that other animation companies have a chance.
What she means: adora’s love for catra in the horde wasn’t just improbable, it was miraculous–she was raised to be a ruthless soldier, she had no role models to teach her how to love someone, or how to be ethical or selfless. she only learned these values through protecting catra from abuse. later, she integrated them into her new identity as etheria’s savior, and that’s why she’s so afraid of failing everyone, because she learned a long time ago that her friends’ safety was solely dependent on her (and she probably blames herself for catra’s corruption, too). even though catra is now the one she is protecting people against, deep down adora’s compulsion to be a hero actually stems from her love for catra and an ingrained desire to save her. in this essay i w
