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asajj cuntress. is that anything

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-I forgot to post this thing called Mel for the New Year, also.. You may think I'm really ““fat”” but it's the dress that's like that :')))

#still I think I got kinda beautiful..? Idk---- #what do you guys think? #qjvzjsbd #i'm mel and this is my blog✌️ #my art blog #not an art post #happy new year everyone! #happy new year #new year #mel creator #mel loly #mel irl #me irl #yellow dress

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#mel irl #candy #i wish there were an easy way to reorder options in polls but there isnt #and yes i know that the black and orange taffy is mary jane peanut butter kisses but the layman does not

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All is found All is found

“All Is Found” + The Heart of Atlantis

#mel irl #melrose edits #atlantis: the lost empire #frozen 2 #long post #like so so so long i'm so sorry #this has been rolling around in the rock tumbler that is my brain for the past 4 years and i'm sick of it so i finally made it #i used the kacey musgraves version bc i like the extra verse sue me about it #unless f3 or 4 really fucks things up nothing can convince me that ahtohallan and the heart of atlantis are not the same kind of beast #anyway i couldn't decide while making this if i was talking specifically about the heart or about kida but it is almost a moot point #so it got muddled at the end bleh

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finding out there was not just 1 but in fact 5 different princess and the pea barbies truly did ruin my life bc 4 of them are super rare. but i am determined

#mel irl #barbie babbles #i have 3 now. considering going buckwild on tuesday when i get paid and getting the other 2. #but the international shipping is so 😵‍💫😵‍💫

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this show is so much better than I thought it would be

#mel irl #the adventures of puss in boots #sorry but this is soooo funny. me too queen.

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As much as I hate Pauper/Popstar comparisons, there are some good ones to be made, particularly bc the characters are in such different stages of their journeys:

Anneliese begins Pauper where Tori ends in Popstar: knowing that there is a problem in her kingdom that needs to be fixed. 

Anneliese knows that her kingdom is bankrupt, and is going to (try to) solve this by marrying Dominick, bringing his money into the kingdom.

Tori doesn’t know that the drought is still happening, but when she finds out, her solution is new irrigation systems and creating a new government program to help people in poverty.

Erika ends Pauper where Keira begins in Popstar: with a successful singing career.

Erika has not yet achieved her dream, and spends the movie working toward it, finally achieving it at the end.

Keira has already achieved her dream, and spends the movie asking herself ‘Now what?’ bc it isn’t like she thought it would be.

Like, they’re such opposites in so many ways, and it’s fascinating to dissect the ways their stories parallel each other, but of course nobody ever wants to talk about that. All they want to do is complain that Popstar isn’t Pauper, but like... That’s the whole fucking point, guys. It’s in the characters, it’s in the plot, it’s the whole damn movie. Time periods aside (which is another HUGELY overlooked aspect of why the movies are not the fucking same), even the character dynamics are not remotely the same, and again, this changes both the characters and the plot:

Anneliese is an only child, and Julian is her only friend--even then, she doesn’t tell him everything. She has a somewhat close relationship with her mother, and she lost her father. She has never left the palace or interacted with her citizens before (aside from palace staff).

Tori is the eldest child, with two younger sisters. She lost her mother, and has a distant relationship with her father. She has a fraught relationship with her aunt. She’s a modern teenager, so she has a cell phone and internet, and she’s definitely left the palace before.

Erika is an orphan, and Bertie seems to be her only friend. She lives in poverty under Mme Carp’s thumb, and Mme Carp never lets her forget that she owns her.

Keira’s family status is unclear, but she says herself that she has no (time for) friends except her dog and her guitar. She has a fraught relationship with her manager, and a worse relationship with her record label, but aside from some creative block, she is doing very well in her career.

Again, time periods aside, given Anneliese’s situation--of course she’s going to bury herself in books and try to learn about the outside world as much as she can, especially through science. She’s a kind person, but she is not overly social outside of the demands of being a princess. Tori, on the other hand, is very social and outgoing. She’s used to meeting people, and knows how to charm them. Her main interest is Keira’s music (and adjacent paraphernalia). Does this make Tori a shallow extrovert, and Anneliese an intellectual introvert? Absolutely fucking not. They’re shaped by their circumstances. Likewise for Erika and Keira: Erika lives in poverty, and Keira is a wealthy celebrity. Does that mean that both of them don’t work hard to achieve what they want? No! Absolutely not! We see them both working hard, at the different stages they’re at--Erika trying to get her career started, and Keira trying to keep her career afloat.

They’re not the same characters. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have a lot in common to compare and contrast. It’s interesting, it really is, but I never want to do it bc I cannot fucking stand the ppl in this fandom who want to just shit on Popstar forever. It’s been 11 years, shut the fuck up already.

#mel irl #barbie babbles #brilliant echo: patp #brilliant echo: popstar #this one's for you erika lol #pauper and popstar and bpa

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yeah, Uli, everyone knows about the bone cage 🙄

#mel irl #the adventures of puss in boots #this show is so insane. i love it.

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god special interests can be embarrassing. what do you MEAN i care about an actor

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I don’t believe elsa is a metaphor for anything or coded or anything or whatever but bro if you want symbolism what do you call her spending the entirety of f2 following the voice thinking that she’s going to find someone like her, only to find at the end that there is no one else and she’s the one she’s been waiting for all along (aka happy being alone). bro what would you call that

#mel irl #(it's asexuality i'm an ace elsa truther forever and i'm right) #posting 2014 era discourse bc jojo isn't awake to stop me

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bro why are haunted toys in movies always like old victorian dolls or some shit? real haunted toys actually exist and they're all fucking electronic where's the movie about the experience i have at least once a week which is turning off the lights in my classroom and then hearing the activity table i forgot to turn off say "I'm sad today"????

#mel irl #the leapfrog dog scout is my greatest enemy im not joking #no i will NOT fucking play with you!!!!! LEAVE ME ALONE SCOUT!!!!!!!!!

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my best personality trait is how much i hate the breakfast club

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so embarrassing that the thing that gets me out of bed at 4 in the afternoon is a single photo related to a special interest 🤦🏼 really got nothing to live for these days huh

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#mel irl #no third option fuck centrists #the nightmare before christmas

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why is the frozen podcast about the duke's nephew on an apology tour and not one of hans' brothers... hans the actual guy who almost killed elsa... yes the duke was out there fearmongering and he sent his men with hans but he did not "almost kill" elsa. hans did. that's a very significant plot point in the movie actually. the duke is just a dickhead hans is the actual attempted murderer. what is HAPPENING

#mel irl #i was wary of such a premise but i started listening yesterday and wow. stupid.

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shipping trey with barbie is very bad but the funniest shit in the world is shipping him with amelia

#mel irl #barbie babbles