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Warlord No. 591, dated 18 January 1986. Digger Dan cover by Ian Kennedy. DC Thomson.
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firehologram · 5 months
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Idk about Chad but it would be funny if Dalien ended up with Malcom or Cassandra (money people) when the start of the episode was them selling bushes cause they are broke broke
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jhsharman · 4 months
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"scoreless tye"
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The blouse on the photo-bomb extra comes in entirely new. (Except for the collar).
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A little amusing. Depending on where you want to go with the word "score" something might be implied by the story's title. And this story begins with a panel set in the locker room that can be definable as "cheesecake".
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I guess Betty wore tear-away button-side track (or sweat) pants to gym, because otherwise the fact that she is wearing sneakers right then would suggest this is what she wore in gym class. (Has to have the shoes off before she takes any other kind off, and you see her outfit for the next class in the first panel posted.)
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boxonarock · 2 years
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i was gonna wait until i finished a whole bunch of portraits but i’m too impatient
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sussex-sweetheart · 1 year
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Samantha and Thomas Markle Jr should be in jail. Not on television.
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biteghost · 2 years
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Pls help! Once upon a time you made a birthday video for thezombiedogz (or maybe reversed or smth like that?). It was an epic illustrated celebration featuring the 2 of you, Alias, Dan...it opened with a saxophone solo and the song was so good I put it on my mp3. But that mp3 is long dead and I can't remember what the song was called?! I've been literally searching for it for years with no success. Pls can you tell me? ((P.s. is the video still viewable anywhere? It was rad as hell <3))
I believe the song you're referring to is On & On and On by FAKE TYPE.!
The video was a happy birthday collaboration for thezombiedogz put together by a bunch of friends (not just me), and I believe the video is private now because it's a special little gift just for her! So, I won't be sharing a link to it, but I am flattered you remember it! <3
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astonmartinii · 6 months
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i don't wanna be funny anymore | daniel ricciardo social media au
pairing: daniel ricciardo x fem podcaster!reader
i don't wanna be funny anymore, i got a too short skirt, maybe i can be the cute one. is there room in the band? i don't need to be the front man, if not then i'll be the biggest fan
based on i don't wanna be funny anymore by lucy dacus (this song speaks to me, i love lucy (she's also AMAZING live))
MASTERLIST | TIPS
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yourusername: hey girl hey, new ep coming at you fast this friday all about rotting. as the twilight weather rolls in and it becomes the season of all too well, we'll talk about rotting, how we can do it right and how not to lose your mind this october (a cautionary tale, i've already lost mine)
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user1: my queen hands down five stars already
user2: the bag is so real and the way i know it's a tote that does NOT stay on your shoulder
yourusername: it's the enchante tote, shameless plug for my man
danielricciardo: you singlehandedly sell out my totes every time baby
user3: not this actual fan erasure 🤨
user4: babe be real, she has a massive platform and there was a direct correlation between the first time she plugged a tote and the fact that they sold out that day you guys just love being mean
user5: i'm mean cause i don't want some leech taking credit for dan's hardwork and his fans?
user6: he fucking said it? you guys grasp at straws every time so try and justify your agenda against her
maxverstappen1: idk what rotting is but i'll still listen to every second
yourusername: thanks maxy, though i'd say going on the sim for up to 14 hours of the day is bordering on rotting
maxverstappen1: productive rotting !
yourusername: yes, i guess your sweet little treats are trophies?
maxverstappen1: that would make sense (don't tell my trainer but i do enjoy the little fruity drinks from starbucks)
user7: yall wanna say we're mean but she's literally invalidating max, saying he's rotting on the sim is so invalidating to everything he went through when he was younger
user8: how did we get there? this grasp on straws has to be studied... from a joke about the sim to invalidating abuse?
user9: i honestly thank the lord for dan and max because they're so supportive no matter the shitstorm that yall throw at y/n everyday
user10: literally max is even listening to podcasts... real friends, i hope one day she feels confident enough to come to races
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danielricciardo: buckle up, enchante is going to the rodeo 🐎
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user13: i shall be breaking the bank
user14: dan so smart, he looks like a good boyf for including y/n but didn't include her face
user15: yall ever listen to yourself talk, you need to be put in time out for real
yourusername: we all know the phrase, save a horse, ride a...
danielricciardo: daniel?
yourusername: YUP
user16: ugh there are children who are fans of daniel, she's so gross
user17: do you ever get tired of doing all of that mental gymnastics?
yourusername: can't wait for the tote drop for this collection, yall WON'T be disappointed
user18: yes, i will always trust mother's tote recommendations
user19: anyone who carries that much shit knows what makes a good tote
yourusername: this one has survived two dostoevsky book, an unreasonably large water bottle, a laptop and microphone
user19: thank you ma'am
maxverstappen1: real love is dressing as a cowgirl for your needy boyfriend
yourusername: the things we do for love (i actually had so much fun)
user20: here y/n goes doing all the publicity, but never going to races, clearest gold digger attention whore wag of all time
user21: surely a real attention whore would go to every race to get the screen time and papped and all that jazz?
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excerpt of y/n y/ln's podcast where she addresses her absences in the paddock.
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yourusername: life recently lol, the enchante tote is taking a beating
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user24: she's such a crybaby making dan use up an entire portion of his interview to coddle her
user25: she doesn't come to races cause of people like you invading her privacy and being rude and here you are ... proving her point
danielricciardo: pretty lady i can't wait to be back in your arms
yourusername: waiting outside the airport now
danielricciardo: we haven't even taken off yet babe
yourusername: i know i just miss you and can't wait to see your handsome face
user26: dan must be saying this shit at gun point cause there's no way he actually thinks she's pretty
user27: are you clinically blind? cause we must not be seeing the same girl
maxverstappen1: the aperol rawdogging the bag, you are SO brave
yourusername: living life on the edge, is this that thrill all you drivers talk about?
maxverstappen1: i may drive at over 200 kmh but i'd never risk my tote like that
yourusername: is it worse that i have a jar of olives in there as well, one drop and it's so over for me
maxverstappen1: OLIVES? remind me NOT to hug you when you pick us up
danielricciardo: if you want that hug you gonna have to get in line boy
user28: she picks them up from the airport? that's so cute
user29: someone tell her the gross girl aesthetic isn't cute
user30: babe don't worry no matter the aesthetic you have daniel will never want you x
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maxverstappen1: finally went on my bff's (no 1 in the world) podcast after i finally convinced her yall ain't shit - oh and dan was there for emotional support x
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user31: SO ICONIC
user32: ep on repeat forever, they're so funny
yourusername: for a man who hates podcasts, you were a star i think the memes hit you hard
maxverstappen1: i enjoy the PROFESSIONALS could you imagine doing a podcast with lando
landonorris: why am i catching strays
danielricciardo: i wouldn't say that too loud, i got about 20 texts as soon as you posted this demanding i ask y/n to be on the show
yourusername: oooooooooo the girls are fighting
landonorris: so can i come on?
yourusername: i'm sure we can schedule something
maxverstappen1: don't say i didn't warn you y/n
user33: ugh now she's going to whore around the rest of the grid
user34: for real wasn't dan enough? she's not even pretty enough to whore herself out
user35: you people have no reading comprehension cause you see how dan says yall are insane and yall keep proving him right
danielricciardo: i'm so proud of you pretty girl
yourusername: i love you cowboy
danielricciardo: forever obsessed with you
user36: i'm living for y/n basically telling all these insecure weirdos to fuck off
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yourusername: who was gonna tell me these cars are loud as shit irl
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user39: someone tell sky to stop zooming in on her i don't pay to her her ugly ass
user40: cry your heart out bro everyone else is happy
danielricciardo: oops i think you're my lucky charm you now have to come to every race ever sorry not sorry
yourusername: gosh i think that might be true - i'll be there! (but for real you are so so talented and don't need a lucky charm)
danielricciardo: i'm just so happy to share this with you, i love you so much, i'm sorry people have been so cruel
yourusername: people are passionate about you and rightly so, but i appreciate you protecting me baby
user41: imagine being this irrelevant and demanding protection in the paddock ... the audacity
user42: you finally came to the paddock and this is what you wore?
user43: she's wearing danny merch? if she didn't yall would have a problem with that as well so please just be quiet
maxverstappen1: i need you to come every weekend cause you're the only one drunk danny will listen to
yourusername: we had practice with all the wine tasting we did for his wine line
danielricciardo: i am NOT that bad
maxverstappen1: tbf it's usually him just crying about how much he loves you
yourusername: AWWWWWW (i also cry about how much i love you)
user44: gosh this is my favourite f1 couple
user45: hopefully now she has her dose of fame she'll fuck off
user46: HAVE A DAY OFF
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danielricciardo: as we're nearing our two year anniversary i wanted to say a couple things. one. i love you so much. when you came into my life i was in a bad place and you truly taught me to love myself again and how to love my sport again. you're the most amazing woman ever, the kindest soul and the most beautiful girl ever. two. i am so thankful for the support i have, i do not allow the disrespect some have given y/n. you guys have no real perception of relationships between athletes and fans. you do not have the right to comment on y/n in the way you are. you take extremely low blow and have the gall to confront her in public as well. do not call yourself a fan of mine when you treat the people i love like this. my team will now begin to monitor comment sections and will seek to block and report accounts doing this. thank you and i love you y/n.
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note: hope yall enjoyed!! i love danny and i saw the danny ric honky tonk this morning and had to write about him. i'd also had this idea for a while but didn't know who to write for lol. please listen to the song i love lucy so much and the song is so relatable xx
also anyone who has requested - i am working on them (but as per some questions in my asks, as for right now i do not write for footballers, if i become less disillusioned with the sport (thanks chelsea) this may change)
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Additional Canon Details/Fun Facts from the RA Novelization:
* Herbert continued to use samples of Rufus’s tissue after three reanimations. He labeled the samples “Arcane” (R. Cain), as to not upset Dan.
* Herbert wrote the name “L. A. Zarus” on his toe-tag when he and Dan snuck into the morgue.
* Meg is also a medical student, but studies medicine “informally” and “(doesn’t want) to practice it.”
* When he first touched a dead body, Dan thought the skin felt like “a milk carton,” and it ruined milk for him.
* The house Dan and Herbert live in once belonged to a horror author named “Philips.” Who died in the basement and wasn’t discovered for weeks. How does Herbert respond to this information?
“What a waste.”
* In another nod to Lovecraft, one of Dan’s work colleagues is named Charles Ward.
* Meg, at one point in the novel, eats at a restaurant called the Nocturnal Diggers Diner. (Bitchin’ name!)
* Meg was essentially raised solely by her father Alan Halsey, after her mother (Diana) left both of them to join the Peace Corps.
* When Herbert was in sixth grade, he crafted a science fair project where he kept a mouse alive for a day using a pint of his own blood.
* Dan is said to have dealt with bats in the attic of the house. He fixed the issue by poisoning what bats he came across and then “(nailing) their carcasses to the outside wall.” (WTF, Daniel?!)
* Meg is almost never called “Meg” in the novel, always “Megan.” Which is mostly the opposite of how it is in the film.
* Mace, the morgue security guard, promptly quit his job by walking out of the hospital after the Miskatonic Massacre. (Good for him!)
* Herbert’s last words are: “Gruber, I join you…I join you!”
* West was deemed innocent by investigators in the wake of his death, the blame for the event instead put mainly on Dean Halsey.
* Dan and Meg (or Meg’s reanimated body) vanished after the massacre, presumably never to be seen again.
(Due to the popularity of these posts, I considered doing one exclusively about Meg, but there’s really not too much added to her character, so this is my alternative addition.)
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saika077 · 2 months
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My sis plays Reverse:1999 with JP voices and every time she plays, I had to do a double take whether she's playing Genshin or Reverse:1999 bc of the same VA. So here's a list of characters with the same VA bc why not.
Melania->Yoimiya
X->Freminet
Druvis III->Chlorinde (also Stelle HSR)
Bunny Bunny->Xiangling
Balloon Party->Furina
Tennant->Xinyan
Lilya->Keqing
Dikke->Shenhe
Sweetheart->Lisa (also Himeko)
Click->Razor
Bkornblume->Ganyu
Baby Blue->Sayu
Ms. New Babel->Fishcl
Pickles->Chongyun
Jessica->Charlotte
Poltergeist->Collei
Enigma->Alhaitham
Isabella->Sigewinne
Schneider->Lumine
Some other characters who have the same JP VA as other Hoyoverse characters.
Diggers->Argenti
Forget Me Not->Artem Wing
Cristallo->Serval
Zima->Dan Heng
Sotheby->Fu Xuan
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Warlord No. 593, dated 1 February 1986. Digger Dan cover by Terry Patrick.
DC Thomson.
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gorogues · 4 months
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Spoilers for comics in March 2024!
These are from the official solicits for that month, which you can see in full at Adventures In Poor Taste.
There's not a lot of Rogues content this month, but a bit. Digger isn't mentioned in any of the Kill Arkham Asylum solicits, but he is on one cover.
SPEED FORCE #5 Written by JARRETT WILLIAMS Art by DANIELE DI NICUOLO Cover by SWEENEY BOO Variant cover by GEORGE KAMBADAIS $3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 3/12/24 After teaming up with the rest of the Flash Family in Titans: Beast World Tour Central City, Avery and Wallace are more determined than ever to take down the mysterious forces behind the app that’s brainwashing not only the S.T.A.R. Labs scientists but now the youth of Keystone City. But before they can reach the Big Boss, they’ve got to face off with holographic versions of themselves!
SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL ARKHAM ASYLUM #2 Written by JOHN LAYMAN Art by JESUS HERVAS Cover by DAN PANOSIAN Variant cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI 1:25 variant cover by GABRIEL HARDMAN $4.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 5 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 3/5/24 Before the Suicide Squad sets their sights on the corrupted Justice League in the upcoming video game, they have to escape Arkham Asylum, and that’s going to require a lot more killin’ first. Good thing Deadshot is the world’s deadliest assassin. Or is that second-deadliest? Either way, he’s determined to survive the riot to end all riots, in order to live to die another day. But there’s a lot of guards standing between Deadshot and freedom. A lot of other inmates, too. Deadshot’s solution: kill ’em all! Presenting the riotous prequel to Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League! Each print issue includes a redeemable code for a bonus weapon doll digital token in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League inspired by the comic. Get the new Great White Shark weapon doll digital token with issue #2. Paying subscribers with a DC UNIVERSE INFINITE Annual or Ultra subscription (U.S. only) who read the digital issues of Suicide Squad: Kill Arkham Asylum will also receive these bonus digital codes.* *Terms Apply. See dc.com/suicide-squad-faq for details. DC UNIVERSE INFINITE is not intended for children.
Plus another Kill Arkham Asylum solicit and the Ape-Ril Special behind a cut for lenghth!
SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL ARKHAM ASYLUM #3 Written by JOHN LAYMAN Art by JESUS HERVAS Cover by DAN PANOSIAN Variant covers by ARIEL OLIVETTI and STEPHANIE HANS $4.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 5 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 4/2/24 Wake up, brush teeth, get tortured by guards, get loose and get revenge. It’s just another day at Arkham Asylum for Harley Quinn, except all the cell doors just inexplicably unlocked and now everybody’s going nuts and killing each other. The lunatics are running the asylum today—which is just how Harley likes it! The bloody good time continues in this prequel to Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League! Each print issue includes a redeemable code for a bonus weapon doll digital token in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League inspired by the comic. Get the new Scarface weapon doll digital token with issue #3. Paying subscribers with a DC UNIVERSE INFINITE Annual or Ultra subscription (U.S. only) who read the digital issues of Suicide Squad: Kill Arkham Asylum will also receive these bonus digital codes.* *Terms Apply. See dc.com/suicide-squad-faq for details. DC UNIVERSE INFINITE is not intended for children.
For those who like Grodd and the other DC apes...
APE-RIL SPECIAL Written by JOHN LAYMAN, JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV, and GENE YANG Art by KARL MOSTERT, PHIL HESTER, and BERNARD CHANG Cover by DAN MORA Variant cover by BERNARD CHANG Banana Scent Variant cover by HAYDEN SHERMAN ($7.99 US) $5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 3/19/24 CAUTION: An ape-surd amount of bad ape puns are incoming. Please be ape-vised. Gorilla Grodd’s recent incarcer-ape-tion in the pages of The Flash has left a void that Monsieur Mallah is more than happy to fill. Ape-sembling a group of the DCU’s most sinister simians, Mallah forms the Legion of D(oo-oo-ah-ah)m, with an eye toward world domin-ape-tion. But the world won’t be conquered that easily! Enter the all-ape JUNGLE L(ee-ee)gue. Can this team of hero-eek anthropoids be the salv-ape-tion we need, or will Mallah’s team of maniacal monkeys bring forth the ape-pocalypse? Get ready to go bananas as we honor DC’s storied history with mankind’s closest relatives in this ape-ic adventure! It’s gonna be orangu-tastic, so heat up a capuchin-o, prepare a batch of chocolate chimp cookies, and get ready to r(ee-ee)d the one comic b(oo-oo)k this year that’s guaranteed to make you go…APE!
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callmewrinkles3 · 9 months
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Please can we have the aftermath of the fight when Em returns home?!? I can’t wait to see how it plays out
April 2023
The school lessons about what happened during the Blitz made Em think she knew what a bomb dropping would be like. But the day after her wedding the bomb that went off was called Michael Italiano, and she had no idea what she was going to do.
Em knew something was wrong the second she and Charlie walked into the house after grooming the horses. It was still warm out even for April, but the house was silent and one of her boys was missing. She hadn’t even seen Michael leave. It was confirmed when she saw her husband’s dour face. The grin that was on it even as he slept thanks to being able to say he’d married the love of his life was gone. And if that wasn’t enough, it looked like someone had punched Blake in the stomach.
She couldn’t remember the last time he’d seen him this worried, but it was months ago. Austin? Maybe? Long before Charlie appeared in his life and changed it for the better. Em could have imagined hundreds of things happening, but she wasn’t prepared to hear what had happened with Michael. Nothing prepared her to hear about how her husband’s best friend from childhood and the man she considered a brother was in love with her. It felt wrong. It was like saying she was in love with Scotty, just completely and totally wrong.
But what shocked her the most was Dan’s retelling of the ridiculous things that Michael had said about Charlie. She was the sweetest woman in the world, who’d accepted Em and all her ridiculousness in the best way. She was scarily intelligent, but above it all she loved Blake unconditionally. Charlie was so in love with Blake that it was hard for even her to explain it. The mini hen party that Charlie and Chloe had held for her involved the three women tipsily talking about how in love they were, Charlie’s “just saying I love him isn’t enough. It’s just not”, and all Em could do was hug her and say she understood. There weren’t enough words in all the languages she spoke to explain how much she loved her Danny, so she understood.
That’s why she couldn’t begin to imagine what Michael was thinking when he said Charlie was a gold digger. Not the woman who was too scared to say hi to Blake because he was sitting with Daniel Ricciardo. Not the girl who became their sister for being there when they were putting themselves together, who’d fallen asleep after midnight on New Years on Grace and Joe’s couch. Who had picked up the pieces of Blake that he couldn’t quite fix and helped put him back together. She made the man who nearly gave all of himself to Dan and Em realise that he deserved all of the happiness and love in the world.
She was their Charlie. The entire Clarke family had opened their arms to them all. Dan’s family adored her. Blake’s family had bought him a flight back to Perth two days early because it was clear he missed her so much. Everyone loved Charlie because she had no airs and graces, she was exactly who she said she was. But Michael didn’t believe and didn’t trust and Em couldn’t understand any of it.
But she didn’t have any time to process it. She couldn’t spend time processing that the feelings she had for him were reciprocated differently, that her brother wasn’t her brother anymore because her family was a mess. Charlie had been ready to walk away in tears. She went from being ready to find Michael and give him a piece of her mind to a mess of tears at Blake’s “I believe you and I love you.”.
They were so new and things were still scary. They were in love but Em knew all too well how difficult the early days of long distance were. They were trying to build solid foundations when everything was still fragile and new. Charlie was in Blake’s lap on the couch sobbing into his arms. The last thing she cared about was his money or the fame or any of the stuff that came with being friends with Dan and Em and loving Blake. She wanted her Blake. All she wanted was to share her life with the man she loved.
It was hard enough for Em to hear Charlie’s tears and watch the way her best friend’s usually straight spine began to sink at what had happened, but Blake was heartbroken. Hearing one of his best tell him that his girlfriend was going to dump him was the last thing he needed. It had taken years for him to find someone who would let him put his walls down and commit to a relationship.
Em knew just how hard it was for him to leave Charlie to travel to commitments - she’d lived it herself. She also knew the constant feeling that you’re punching above your weight with your partner, that some day they’ll realise they deserve more than you. And Charlie had always made sure that he understood that he deserved every single good thing in life. That they deserved to be happy. But suddenly everything was crumbling down and all of the confidence that he worked so hard to build had evaporated.
And then there was her husband. Dan was mad, confused, disappointed, and everything in between. All he did was hold onto his wife tightly, hiding his face into her neck as he calmed down. It was the biggest disappointment of their lives, worse than the last year. All Dan needed to do was to hold his Emmy while she reminded him that she was all his. She was his wife. One day hopefully soon she was going to be the mother of his kids. She was his whole world, his universe and the love of his life and nobody was going to take her away from him. As soon as she saw his wild curls, big brown eyes, and dimpled smile, Em was his. Even before their first tipsy kiss eight months after meeting for the first time.
Em didn’t have the time to process what had happened or to think about it. She couldn’t come to terms with what had happened when three of her favourite people in the world needed her. So instead she took another deep breath, pushed kisses to her husband’s head, and stood up from the couch to start dinner. As she began chopping onions and garlic to fill the house with the scent of slow cooker bolognaise she just hoped that a homemade meal made with love would help to kickstart the healing process for the wounds their former friend had left behind.
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collection-bundle · 3 months
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Do you have/want a metal detector ?
I would love a metal detector but I don't live near places where I could use it. Although I do live like an hour away from the ocean so maybe the beach? Unfortunately I feel like I wouldn't use it enough to justify getting one yk?
Quick side story, when I was a kid I loved watching metal detecting videos. I was obsessed with them and my favorite was Deep Digger Dan but I stopped watching for some reason.
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understandingbimbos · 9 months
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Rosalie Duthé, Anita Loos, Bill Wenzel, and Barbie.
I think at this point we've all accepted there's no single bimbo point of origin (or, POO). No bimbo ground zero. Rosalie Duthé is often cited as not only the first example of a bimbo but the first dumb blonde.
At the moment, she's even on the Wikipedia page!
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Which is honestly really unfortunate imo seeing as she was a real person and a prostitute, but that's neither here nor there, I guess. Anyway. Unless I'm mistaken, we don't actually know much about Rosalie Duthé. And even if she was a singular influence on the very concept of bimbos and dumb blondes, then what happened? Where are the examples of dumb blonde and bimboish characters appearing in plays and literature from 1775 onward? How far did this idea spread outside of France? I'm not saying its not possible or that these examples don't exist, but its hard to pin down. When Rosalie Duthé was alive "bimbo" was still only Italian for "little boy". And while the play mocking her may have introducd the concept of the dumb blonde that doesn't mean it was necessarily solidified as an archetype right then and there.
Enter Anita Loos. By the time her comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, is published in November of 1925 (after having been serialized in Harper's Bazaar) the dumb blonde, bimbo, and gold digger are already established archetypes. While Loos most definitely helped popularize these idea with her internationally best-selling often-adapted satire, she was utilizing what was already there. If anything the original idea she pushed was that men prefer blondes and that blondes have more fun. Anita Loos also wrote the screenplay for the 1932 film, Red-Headed Woman, where Jean Harlow plays an ambitious flirty giggly woman that fucks pretty much every male character that appears in the film (and doesn't appear in the film).
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(pictured, Jean Harlow and Anita Loos)
Then of course in the 50s we get Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, and Judy Holliday. There were also men's magazines like Humorama featuring art from artists like Bill Ward, Dan DeCarlo, and Bill Wenzel. Featuring women who were either clueless, horny, or gold-digging, but all extremely buxom.
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And 1959 saw the release of the original Barbie, which was just a slightly modified version of Bild Lilli, a German sex doll. I don't have much to say about that, its still something I need to do more research on, and that's part of the point of this post. Connections are there but hard to find. I really can't speak to what influence Barbie has had specifically, I think it may all be surface level, but there's something to be said about the fact so many women I follow will cite or invoke her. And that "doll" is even considered a compliment/ideal in general, physically and non-physically. You know in the sense of "You're such a doll" or "She's so pretty she looks like a doll." Its interesting. My friend says dolls represent "an easily replicated curated aesthetic" and that may be the reason for the point of reference.
There was a lot more I was going to say and this post was going to be a lot less nonsensical but I am extremely tired. I thought I could clearly and quickly get my thoughts out before I had to go to sleep. I was wrong. Sorry. Goodnight!
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circus-clown-calvary · 8 months
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Do you think Renee Walker watched the Barbie movie and cried? Do you think she silently let tears shed at the end because she could only think of Stephanie giving her a chance? Do you think she would let Allison hold her hand in quiet acknowledgment of the vulnerability shared in the space of the theater? Do you think when they get into the car Renee sobbed because she is tough and she is strong and she use to be a bad person and then someone so deeply in love with humanity held out a hand to her; that Stephanie told her she was so worthy of love; she gave her somthing to believe in?
Do you think that Dan Wilds saw that movie and felt seen? That she remembered all the shit she was told about how she couldn’t amount to anything more then a side street hooker and knew it wasn’t true? Do you think Dan Wilds watched Barbie with Matt and he shed a tear for her because god damn it this is the strongest person he knows and how dare the word think she isn’t. Do you think Dan saw that and felt small because maybe she is just a little girl in a grown woman’s body holding the weight of the world, her world, her foxes, on her shoulders? Dan, who has had to fight for everything she ever had—she has to so she will — determination scared knuckles gripping at the womanhood she did not think she was ever allowed to have.
Do you think Allison Reynolds saw the mom in the movie and her heart broke because she would never have that? She could never have the mother who just wanted to be with her? The mother who would fight for her right to be a girl? Do you think she resonated with the way that it was put into words how she would only ever be seen as a rich man’s daughter, a gold diggers child, a trophy for some man to show off? Do you think she felt lonely when the montage of woman played because she would never understand the beauty of intimate family?
Do you think that these women who had to fight every battle imaginable — spit in the face of exhaustion because the weren’t allowed that privilege — cried in their room together. Holding each others broke parts because no one else will?
Do you think they would have liked the movie?
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I just remember a minor fic idea I had of:
The Dai-Gurren Dan (of Gurren Lagann fame) are a hero agency in the My Hero universe. It is lead by The Digger and The Mighty Kamina.
Everyone knows that The Digger's Quirk is yhe ability to manifest drills; any kind of drill anywhere on his body. Nobody knows what Kamina's Quirk is, but most people speculate that it's either something sword related, thanks to his nodachi he carries everywhere, or it's to do with his insane charisma, because the man can hype up anybody. He actually outranks The Digger, but not by much.
In truth, Kamina has no Quirk.
And one day, Kamina meets a kid who asks if he can be a hero with no Quirk.
OOP
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