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So, I Just Watched Netflix's DAMSEL...

...And I'm wiping tears?? ...Because I loved this movie and the allegory and it was the perfect girl movie for International Women's Day which was yesterday??? This movie got a 58% Rotten Tomatoes score and I'm honestly confused! It was a beautiful perfectly original fairytale. In the good old days, this would have either been a sleeper hit in the theatres or a beloved classic discovery in the VHS rental market and likely overplayed at odd times on HBO like The Neverending Story. It for me is on tier with The Seabeast and Predator for excellent modern "girl-power" films, that should have been released in the theaters. It subverts so many fairytale tropes, and while it's predictable, I'm an old soul who still can cast myself back to girlhood and for me, again, the allegory touched me. Much in a similar way that Maleficent did, with its origin for the title character as a metaphor for the loss of trust and innocence after a violation, "a sexual assault" with loss of wings. It 100% wasn't intentionally this deep, but this for me was about the price of colonization; of adhered-to ancestral memory that the "winners" who write history carry, sacrificing 'the other" for generations destroying their own souls.... Until the convenient lies are finally faced. Ugh, I loved what they did with the dragon, with all the supporting characters, with the amount of harrow, and some consequential violence, enough to genuinely scare but not enough to scar. It felt very old school in that way. -Like a good solid 80's style fantasy, except for some of the non-practical effects. IDK, maybe it's just about my soft heart, but again...

This movie made me cry. I honestly and truly adored this fairytale.

#THISISAREC --For the fairytale girlies... The ones who like dragons, Grimm teas, and girls bloodied and determined.

#yes #fucking love this movie #I've rewatched it with my sisters like 4 times already #great movie #damsel #angela bassett #millie bobby brown #nick robinson #robin wright #shohreh aghdashloo #netflix #rando rambles #rando reblogs

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lostrandoblog · 3 months

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lostrandoblog · 4 months

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Hello all who see this post! This GFM page was made by a friend of mine who needs a bit of help right now as you can probably tell by the title. I care about them a lot and the situation sucks, which is why I'm sharing this. Shiloh and his family can use all the help they can get- even if it's just a bit. Please consider donating if you're able or at least reblog to boost this post to peopke who can help. Thank you so much for reading!

#go fund him #gofundme #not art #not writing #serious post #lend a hand #family #donations #financial help #what else do i tag this??#doggos

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lostrandoblog · 6 months

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Y’all making women in their thirties feel old is my villain origin story actually

#i can't do math so i cant judge but #yeah that definitely isn't quite it #good effort #also 30 is young #rando reblogs

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lostrandoblog · 6 months

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#the appropriate reaction #mayhaps i hold hands with the darkness 👉👈#rando reblogs

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lostrandoblog · 6 months

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I haven’t seen this linked on here so: this is an awesome resource for how you can help the people in Palestine. It has donation links, helps you figure out how to contact your representatives, and a regularly updated list of planned protests. It is USAmerican centric but the list of protests is international.

#israel #palestine #current events #rando reblogs #important

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lostrandoblog · 6 months

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something i’ve been thinking about lately is like. growing up muslim right after 9/11 is something i’d never really reflected on much because it was all i’d ever known — at 5, my friend’s mum didn’t let her invite me to her birthday party because i was the only brown girl in our class, at 12, my classmates would joke about my family being part of isis, at 16, my dad was interrogated by american airport security for hours — and it always stung and it always hurt but it was just the way things were because the western world hated muslims. but i don’t think i’ve ever fully comprehended the extent to which we were hated until now.

palestine is being turned into a mass graveyard. every single day there are new photos of the atrocities being carried out against them and videos of them pleading for help and still those who can actually intervene turn a blind eye. israel is claiming to only be targeting hamas “terrorists” while bombing a refugee camp. israeli police raided and assaulted a non-zionist jewish neighbourhood. israeli soldiers are posting tiktoks of them torturing captured palestinians. this is not a complicated issue and it never has been. ethnic cleansing is being committed right in front of us. and yet the western world leaders refuse to call for a ceasefire.

and while zionist organisations accuse pro-palestine demonstrations of anti-semitism, while zionist celebrities insist that they’re afraid to leave their mansions in los angeles, a six year old muslim boy was stabbed to death and his mother wounded in the same attack in chicago. a muslim doctor was murdered while sitting outside her apartment complex in texas. hundreds of peaceful protesters have been arrested (many of whom have been jewish). despite what zionists want you to believe, this is not a jewish/muslim conflict. i have so much love and gratitude to my brave jewish brothers and sisters all over the world who are condemning israel for their actions.

ultimately, israel have been granted impunity by the west. they have slaughtered thousands upon thousands of innocent palestinians. they have bombed hospitals and schools indiscriminately. they have used white phosphorus, violating the geneva convention. they have completely eradicated nearly 900 bloodlines. how many more need to be wiped out? how many more children need to be buried underneath the rubble? how many more doctors need to be confronted with the bodies of their own family members? how many more journalists need to detail the horrific acts of violence they are witnessing? what more can be done to the palestinian people that has not been done already?

i truly believe that palestine will be free one day. i believe the palestinian people will receive the justice they finally deserve. but what breaks my heart is how much they have suffered and will continue to suffer before they are deemed worthy of help. and it would be to all of our detriment if we ignored how much of a factor palestine being a predominantly muslim state has played into the way the world has reacted to their genocide.

#its unthinkable to me how anyone could condone or be nuetral about stuff like this #we're all human #we have families and hobbies #so why is it so hard to have compassion for others?#the actions of the few do not speak for thr majority #mass death and destruction wont solve any problems it just makes more #what about this thought process is so hard to understand???#free palestine #current events #xenophobic #genocide #death tw #serious post #my heart goes out to Palestine and muslims across the world #please be safe #rando reblogs #important

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lostrandoblog · 6 months

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nami's here to collect your debt! don't remember her too harshly, she keeps this family afloat.

#CHUBBY NAMI #CRYING SCREAMING THROWING MYSELF DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS #I LOVE THIS #shoutout to this fanart right here #the fanart ever #rando reblogs #she kinda has my body type 🥺#*sobs*

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lostrandoblog · 6 months

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#aw #rando reblogs

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lostrandoblog · 6 months

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jesus was kinda danganronpa executed since he was a carpenter who was nailed to a board

#never gonna recover from this post #op what have you done to me #rando reblogs #danganronpa

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lostrandoblog · 6 months

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#i dunno who made this but they must've been having some kind of day #rando reblogs

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lostrandoblog · 6 months

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Okay, so I've been thinking about it more it occurred to me that Zoobles ability to be taken apart and put back together maybe isn't as unique as I originally thought. Gangle is able to remove her comedy mask and can come unraveled when pulled. We saw this when Kinger was shoved into the zooble hole. It's still not entirely the same but it's something to think about.

Okay so after watching the pilot episode of The Amazing Digital Circus, I have a lot to say.

I'll start with Jax, who is quite popular. He may not be as much of a shithead as he may appear. He leaves the two most mentally fragile characters behind (he likely had the sense that something was wrong), snapped Pomni out of her dissociative panic, shoved Kinger and Gangle into the hole to hide before jumping in himself even though he could have easily just left them behind. He's still a jerk, obviously, but there are subtle tells that he isn't as mean as he plays himself out to be.

Also, I know his stepping on Gangle's mask seemed mean, but I swear it feels like more to me. Masking and hiding emotions is an unhealthy coping mechanism, which Jax can probably recognize. So he did it in his passive-aggressive way of being helpful.

Which Segways into what I want to say about Gangle. I saw a short on YouTube that discussed the hints about the characters via their designs. In which it was stated Gangles mask could symbolize she's dramatic and being made of ribbon because she's fragile. Both of them make sense but I think also alternatively, Gangle has a habit of Masking. Whether in autistic sense or emotional sense, it's too soon to truly tell. (Probably both) and being made of ribbon symbolizes that she bends to others whims. So basically she's a doormat. Maybe? Idk maybe I'm projecting a bit too much with this one.

Now for Zooble. What I find interesting about Zooble is their ability to be taken apart and put back together, which isn't a trait we see in the other characters. Pomni tries and gets as far as pulling her eye out of her socket, but it goes right back into place when she lets go. Bubble is able to pop, but they're an ai, and it's not quite the same. This unique trait could be symbolism for how much of a mess they are? Also, the chaotic design feels like it could be a sign of struggling with decisions or a sense of self since there's very little rhyme or reason to their appearance. Once again, we'll have to wait and see.

Next is Pomni. An absolutely delightful, anxious mess. I've seen some hate for her and that's she's being overdramatic and I just?? Don't see whatever these people are seeing. Pomni is rightfully freaked out, in such a strange place surrounded by strange people, not even able to remember her own name. Not to mention, her first day was chaotic. She still hadn't come to terms with the situation when she met her first Abstraction. Of course, she would panic. Any even semi sane person would panic. And she didn't immediately flee like Jax did either, she wanted to help Ragatha but there was too much going on and it seems entirely possible she wasn't even capable of helping given what happened when Pomni tried to grab Ragatha's hand. She went back for her too, so it's clear that Pomni does care to an extent even if she's unable to fully comprehend her situation.

Wow this post is already very long. I think I'll leave it off here for now but I have plenty more thoughts on this whacky series. It's my new hyperfixation so I'll probably ramble again about them in the near future. Pardon me if this was terrible I don't make posts like this often.

#long post #thoughts #the amazing digital circus #tadc #tadc jax #tadc pomni #tadc gangle #tadc zooble #media analysis #writing #not art #rando reblogs #rando rambles #new tag? 👀#self reblog

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lostrandoblog · 7 months

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