#time to rewatch it

[ophanim-vesper]

obsessed with how the entire movie is just this

#spirited away #studio ghibli #ghibli #ghibli movie #shitpost #meme #ghibli meme #art #doodle #my art #spirited away chihiro #chihiro ogino #spirited away yubaba #christ you are extremely fuckin selfish die #fanart #I've rewatched spirited away like 2 times in 1 day #love this movie.... ghosted afar...

[feymaid]

⚡️DEATH IS ONLY TEMPORARY I’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!⚡️

#MOVIE OF THE DECADE CINEMA IS BAAAACK #I need to rewatch it 1000000 times NOW #that one post that is like Lisa Frankenstein is for the people who have beef about the ending to corpse bride #I feel so seen #weird girl nation rise #lisa frankenstein #Lisa Frankenstein fanart #my art #not my oc

[stromblessed]

Mizu, femininity, and fallen sparrows

In my last post about Mizu and Akemi, I feel like I came across as overly critical of Mizu given that Mizu is a woman who - in her own words - has to live as a man in order to go down the path of revenge.

If she is ever discovered to be female by the wrong person, she will not only be unable to complete her quest, but there's a good chance that she'll be arrested or killed.

So it makes complete sense for Mizu to distance herself as much as possible from any behavior that she feels like would make someone question her sex.

I felt so indignant toward Mizu on my first couple watchthroughs for this moment. Why couldn't Mizu bribe the woman and her child's way into the city too? If Mizu is presenting as a man, couldn't she claim to be the woman's escort?

However, this moment makes things pretty clear. Mizu knows all too well the plight of women in her society. She knows it so well that she cannot risk ever finding herself back in their position again. She helps in what little way she can - without drawing attention to herself.

Mizu is not a hero and she is not one to make of herself a martyr - she will not set herself on fire to keep others warm. There's room to argue that Mizu shouldn't prioritize her quest over people's lives, but given the collateral damage Mizu can live with in almost every episode of season 1, Mizu is simply not operating under that kind of morality at this point. ("You don't know what I've done to reach you," Mizu tells Fowler.)

And while I still feel like Mizu has an obvious and established blind spot when it comes to Akemi because of their differences in station, such that Mizu's judgment of Akemi and actions in episode 5 are the result of prejudice rather than the result of Mizu's caution, I also want to establish that Mizu is just as caged as Akemi is, despite her technically having more freedom while living as a man.

Mizu can hide her mixed race identity some of the time, and she can hide her sex almost all of the time, but being able to operate outside of her society's strict rules for women does not mean she cannot see their plight.

It does not mean she doesn't hurt for them.

Back to Mizu and collateral damage, remember that sparrow?

While Mizu is breaking into Boss Hamata's manse, she gets startled by a bird and kills it on reflex. She then cradles it in her hands - much more tenderly than we've seen Mizu treat almost anything up to this point in the season:

She then puts it in its nest, with its unhatched eggs. Almost like she's trying to make the death look natural. Or like an accident.

You see where I'm going with this.

When Mizu kills Kinuyo, Mizu lingers in the moment, holding the body tenderly:

And btw a lot of stuff about this show hit me hard, but this remains the biggest gut punch of them all for me, Mizu holding that poor girl's body close, GOD

When Mizu arranges the "scene of the crime," Kinuyo's body is delicate, birdlike. And Mizu is so shaken afterward that she gets sloppy. She's horrified at this kill to the point that she can't bring herself to take another innocent life - the boy who rats her out.

MIZU'S ONE MOMENT OF SOFTNESS AND MERCY, COMING ON THE HEELS OF HER NEEDING TO KILL A GIRL TO SPARE HER THE WORST FATE THAT THIS RIGID SOCIETY HAS TO OFFER WOMEN, AND TO SPARE A BROTHEL FULL OF INNOCENT WOMEN WHO ARE THE CASTOFFS OF SOCIETY, NEARLY RESULTS IN ALL OF THEIR DEATHS

No wonder Mizu is as stoic and cold as she is.

And no wonder Mizu has no patience for Akemi whatsoever right before the terrible reveal and the fight breaks out:

Speaking of Akemi - guess who else is compared to a bird!

The plumage is more colorful, a bit flashier. But a bird is a bird.

And, uh

Yeah.

I like to think that Mizu killing the sparrow is not only foreshadowing for what she must do to Kinuyo, but is also a representation of the choice she makes on Akemi's behalf. She decides to cage the bird because she believes the bird is "better off." Better off caged than... dead.

But because Mizu doesn't know Akemi or her situation, she of course doesn't realize that the bird is fated to die if it is caged and sent back home.

Mizu is clearly not happy, or pleased, or satisfied by allowing Akemi to be dragged back to her father:

But softness and mercy haven't gotten Mizu anywhere good, recently.

There is so much tragedy layered into Mizu's character, and it includes the things she has to witness and the choices she makes - or believes she has to make - involving women, when she herself can skirt around a lot of what her society throws at women. Although, I do believe that it comes at the cost of a part of Mizu's soul.

After all, I'm gonna be haunted for the rest of this show by Mizu's very first prayer in episode 1:

"LET" her die. Because as Ringo points out, she doesn't "know how" to die.

Kind of like another bird in this show:

#blue eye samurai #mizu #akemi #kinuyo #bes #women are birds okay they are BIRDS #the let me die line is so SCARY AND SAD like a part of Mizu wants death but she cant? she doesnt know how?? excuse you show??? #when all these other delicate birds are dying all around her #akemis character gets more and more gutwrenching upon subsequent rewatches because whenever she says her life is in danger #NO ONE BELIEVES HER - certainly not other women #because shes rich and pampered and that means shes safe and is worrying about nothing right? right????? #and it turns out that all of akemis instincts were right and she was in danger the ENTIRE TIME #also I need to make a post just for kinuyo because I am sad

[curioscurio]

I'm rewatching Steven Universe and I will never forgive Fandom for what it did to her

#also watching it at age 19-20 as it was released and experiencing the resulting clusterfuck online fandom response was a wild trip #im finally rewatching it again at 25 and really really feel lucky to have seen it at the age i did #i have completely different perspective on it now that i have 3 young nephews and a neice where before i was in college #the music is still as incredible as it was back then #and the animation #i cant beleive people got honestly and truly upset and violently aggressive about characters being off model sometimes #early stevens voice though kills me after awhile...... the yelling .... but his characters growth and development also being reflected in #his voice changing as he grows up #they also go crazy hard on some scenes #who am i kidding the show was a masterpiece and ahead of its time

[spockvarietyhour]

Doctor Who "Twice Upon a Time"

#Doctor Who #Twice Upon a Time #12th Doctor #1st Doctor #dwedit #tvedit #scifiedit #first doctor #twelfth doctor #twelve #one #GIF #my gifs #not a dw rewatch #hide and queue

[grandkhan221b]

More DW stuff

#just finished rewatching 11's run for the 1st time since 2017 and god I forgot how much I loved his dynamic with the ponds #anyway I was so mad the doctor's FIRST (!!!) underwear reveal was bland ass tighty whities and not the question marks motif 12 promised us #doctor who #fanart #dw #the giggle #fifteenth doctor #thirteenth doctor #eleventh doctor #amy pond #rory williams #new who #the doctor

[doesnotloveyou]

watching a star trek TOS episode where a starship captain has a psychosis that makes him aggressive and manipulative. he kidnaps kirk and spock, tortures his doctor, kills another mental patient, and threatens the safety of the Enterprise crew.

despite this, kirk continues to show him dignity and respect. instead of villainizing him, kirk reminds him his mental illness is not his fault and the awful things it has caused him to do are not who he truly is.

when spock finally shoots the man you think "well that's the end of that guy." but then we learn spock intentionally only stunned him, and the man is last seen getting mental health treatment. he is unaware of what has passed or who he is, and is confused to be referred to as "Captain" but he returns the respect he receives

Mental illness was treated better in a '60s scifi show than it is now.

#star trek #kirk is truly a good character #every time i rewatch i gain new respect for the characters #dnly tv #star trek tos

[lucabyte]

Coming this November: Pokémon Pink Diamond™ and Pokémon Renegade Pearl™

#steven universe fanart #steven universe #su pearl #steven quartz universe #pearl su #su fanart #this is a joke samhainian made during our rewatch months ago that has been rattling around my brain since then #i think its funny at least #anyway this is the first time ive drawn s1 steven in ages. also the first time ive drawn pearl in ages #lucabyteart

[pedro-pascal]

A few of the Spider-People in SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023)

#across the spiderverse #spiderman: across the spiderverse #spiderman across the spiderverse #spiderman #spidermanedit #marveledit #atsvedit #miles molares #filmedit #animationedit #usersameera #usertom #useraurore #usertana #userkd #usergracie #usernik #tuserhan #* #i need to rewatch this movie at least 4 more times because oh my god

[averydays]

Not trying to rag on this since it was literally the pilot, but I do love how clearly you can see the frame where she shifts into TWILIGHT_WALK_CYCLE.fla here.

#mlp #friendship is magic #rewatch 2024 #rewatching for the fourth time for misc purposes #op

[eugenecollymore]

Gandalf Big Naturals my beloved

#art #gandalf #gandalf big naturals #lotr #lord of the rings #transgender #trans #i have rewatched and reread lotr and hobbit for a hundredth time and now i am yet again suffering from a severe lotr brainrot

[theeminentlyimpractical]

I just put together that Crowley, despite his whining, fully accepts the idea of "our car," which fundamentally transforms the Bentley.

That's why Shax then has to play Hitchhiker instead of just popping in like she had previously - now that it's the Earthly property of an angel as well as a demon, she needs an invite.

#I just had to pause after that scene and sit there for a bit #good omens #go2 spoilers #good omens 2 #how many times can I rewatch this in 24 hours

[calypsolemon]

dance on a razor's edge

#steven universe #steven universe future #happy new year i rewatched SU/SUF and now i have a disease called i love steven #had to get this image out of my head #especially when i realized just how many times fusion dances involved the Dip INCLUDING toxic/negative fusion dances #might make like a gifset about it at some point #cal draws stuff

[ipostmysimpingstuffanonymously]

This week's Discord Prompt!

JJK X OHSHC

Find @cocoabell drawing here

#warning! hc dump in the tags #it just FITS SO WELLL EXCUSE ME #like satoru is such a obnoxious brat he fits tamaki so well #oh if gege was one generation younger i swear to god he'd state ooch as his inspo instead of hxh and macros #and shoko being haruhi??? same unbotherednes it just fits #geto being Mom??? AHAHHAHAHAHA #mommy and daddy present lmao #ah and haibara and nanami AAAAAAAAAA #yuji just simply fits because of sukuna #im on a rewatch with cocoabells and we're having the time of our lifes #jjk #fanart #jujutsu kaisen #gojo satoru #shoko ieiri #geto suguru #yuji itadori #sukuna #nanami kento #yu haibara #ouran high school host club #crossover #au #IPMSSA_Tokyo5!Fanart

[ponpasta]

don’t talk to me if u didn’t rp as flame princess as a kid

#this was gonna be a multi post but considering this is the only thing i have after WEEKS well #and i’m slowly rewatching AT #adventure time flame princess #adventure time #adventure time fp #my art

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i don't know what this is. the plush has invaded my brain. it has the controls now

#three of us! just three of us! look closely you will see... #dhmis but its the different wall..eys. ies. eyes. walleyes. WHAT IS THE PLURAL #fr tho i need the plush. i need it #thank FUCK there's a 21 day window #otherwise!! i would never have him!! and id be Crushed!! #he needs to be in my arms.... #scribble salad #welcome home #honestly though the plush is In My Brain #ive rewatched the ad so many times already... #its endeared me to howdy further. wally as well but thats a given #howdy my beloved....