Writing Wingbeats in a Box

May 26

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Lilo, why are you all wet?

panasonicyouth:

kaezie:

kidsofthebluelagoon:

xximmaeatjooxx:

videovriska:

daswiener:

captainhufflepuff:

This is actually heartbreaking when you remember Lilo tells Stitch her parents went for a drive, and the bad weather caused them to crash.

I always thought this scene was adorable

Wow thanks guy

Right in the childhood.

i never made that connection

oh my god! I never put two and two together. now I just feel like shit

heartbroken. 

you fucker. you fucker. you just punched me in the feels, you asshole.

Oh OUCH. Thanks.

(Source: w-bunny)

May 25

smdy:

itsinthetrees:

ultimotango:

During World War II, Josephine Baker served with the French Red Cross and was an active member of the French resistance movement. The French Resistance was a group of individuals who helped to win the war against the German Nazis enemy with undercover work. Using her career as a cover Baker became an intelligence agent, carrying secret messages written in invisible ink on her sheet music. She was awarded honor of the Croix de Guerre, and received a Medal of the Resistance in 1946. In 1961 she received the highest French honor, the Legion d’Honneur from French president Charles deGaulle.

She would also tuck tiny notes into her skirts when she did burlesque routines, and would dance up to the intended recipient and let him pluck it out.  Really brave, really smart, really interesting lady, on top of all her artistic talents.

how cool is she?

smdy:

itsinthetrees:

ultimotango:

During World War II, Josephine Baker served with the French Red Cross and was an active member of the French resistance movement. The French Resistance was a group of individuals who helped to win the war against the German Nazis enemy with undercover work. Using her career as a cover Baker became an intelligence agent, carrying secret messages written in invisible ink on her sheet music. She was awarded honor of the Croix de Guerre, and received a Medal of the Resistance in 1946. In 1961 she received the highest French honor, the Legion d’Honneur from French president Charles deGaulle.

She would also tuck tiny notes into her skirts when she did burlesque routines, and would dance up to the intended recipient and let him pluck it out.  Really brave, really smart, really interesting lady, on top of all her artistic talents.

how cool is she?

(Source: brandos, via homoerotics)

Taken with instagram

Taken with instagram

“Same’s true of the Black Widow. Scarlett Johanssen looked great in that outfit, but she seemed to be there only as eye candy. The shot in the middle of the battle where she pulls out a pistol was silly. I don’t know who this Black Widow was, and I don’t think the screenwriter did either. She wasn’t the original comic Black Widow, the Russian femme fatale who seduces Hawkeye into trying to kill Iron Man. She wasn’t the later comic book Black Widow, who dons a costume, comes over to the good guys, and teams with first Hawkeye and then Daredevil. She was just… there.” —

George R. R. Martin, on reviewing the Avengers. [SOURCE]

Okay, George, I do totally agree with your earlier assessment of Hawkeye. I’ll give you that he didn’t have enough screentime to get proper development. But no. I can’t even let you finish, there will be no finishing of the Kanye West meme here. WERE WE WATCHING THE SAME FILM?

I don’t want to automatically fall back on the “you think she’s just eye candy, because you’re a male” argument, because that’s unfair. Fuck, you write some really damned decent females yourself (all things considered). But honestly? No. No, we were not watching the same film. 

“JUST THERE?” Uh, did you not see any of her development at all, or were you just waiting for the men to come in and steal the show? This is the same character who is the only one to get decent information when everyone else is too busy arguing over stupid personal bullshit. This is the same character who has a conversation with Loki and doesn’t lose her cool. This is the same character jumping onto alien warcraft and beating these assholes at their own game. This is the same character saving the motherfucking day by racing off to beat Loki while all the boys are too busy playing house with the alien army.

Don’t tell me she was just there. That she was just eye candy. She was one of the most important motherfucking characters in the entire film, and it saddens me when reviews degrade Johansson’s performance simply because she isn’t one of the guys. And why do all of these reviews seem to come from long time comics fans, 90% of the time all male? You do realize that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a canon into itself and doesn’t actually follow the comics the way you’re claiming it should? That characters were changed and updated to fit with current audiences and currently relevant plots? Laying this all on Black Widow’s origins not adding up right is just plain silly at this point in the MCU game. (A game you don’t seem to be playing well, G.R.R.M.)

Flawless bitch carried that goddamn film. Period.

(via argonautic)

^This.

(via tabberry)

“Flawless bitch carried that goddamn film. Period.” YEP.

(via tildrum)

Is this a fucking joke? I’m tired of this bullshit that because an actress is fucking drop-dead gorgeous it must mean her character is simply there to to be eye candy. Fuck you. Don’t be such a misogynistic fuck. SHE CLOSED THE FUCKING PORTAL. SHE LITERALLY BEAT THE LOKI OUT OF CLINT. 

(via arrowinhiseyesocket)

#i recognize you have an opinion #but given that it’s a stupid-ass opinion i’ve elected to ignore it

(via bluesbell)

I am suddenly proud of the fact that my 26-year-old red-blooded heterosexual brother, while finding Black Widow hot, would be the first one in line to call that “just eye candy” bullshit what it is.

(via jennifermatarese)

I’m still trying to figure out what movie he watched. Because it wasn’t the one that was actually on the screen. Then again he seems to believe strong female characters need to be abused & starved to exist so…

(via karnythia)

alladis

(via anedumacation)

Seriously though what movie did he watch?

(via cosmicyoruba)

Further proof that GRRM is not the brightest crayon in the box.

(via reanimatrix)

I read this guy’s review of the Battlestar Galactica finale and facepalmed so many times that I was completely prejudiced against A Song of Ice and Fire for a long time.

(via upsettingshorts)

I might’ve been able to understand this if he were talking about the other, individual Avengers members’ films where she was basically just a cameo and we didn’t know anything about her. But in The Avengers? The fuck is he talking about? Was his dick overriding his brain in all the scenes where she was being amazing? Because I walked into that movie not caring at all about Black Widow and walked out being impressed by how she managed to hold her own with the rest of the crew while still not having any superpowers. 

(via anarya-c)

I can’t wait till the next Avengers movie, where there’ll be more lady heroes standing around the screen just there…

And by just there I mean actually getting shit done.

(via momochanners)

(via momochanners)

veganfatale:

She looks like she wants to slap, choke, spank and yell at me…and I’m totally cool with that.

veganfatale:

She looks like she wants to slap, choke, spank and yell at me…and I’m totally cool with that.

(Source: panda-face-mew, via fuckyeahgirlswithtattoos)

[video]

fern-is-derek:

I’ve finally drawn Avengers fanart
finally

fern-is-derek:

I’ve finally drawn Avengers fanart

finally

(via brbshittoavenge)

“The female experience is different from that of the male, and if, as a male writer, you cannot accept that basic premise, then you will never, ever, be able to write women well. A man walking alone through Midtown Manhattan at three in the morning may have concerns for his safety, but I promise you, it’s a very different experience for a woman taking the same walk, and it’s different again for a man wearing a dress. Think about it. That’s a societal factor, and it’s a gendered one, and this is not and can not be subject to debate. If you’re looking to argue that sexism is a thing of the past, that the world is gender-blind, you’re not only wrong, you’re lying to yourself.

An ignorant writer is a poor liar, and a poor liar makes for a bad crafter of fiction.” — Greg Rucka, in a piece for io9 (via itsinthetrees)

(via homoerotics)

“The first love of my life never saw me naked. There was always a parent coming home in a half hour, always a little brother in the next room. Always too much body and not enough time for me to show him. Instead, I gave him my shoulder, my elbow, the bend of my knee. I lent him my corners, my edges, the parts of me I could afford to offer - the parts I had long since given up trying to hide. He never asked for more. He gave me back his eyelashes, the back of his neck, his palms… we held each piece we were given like it was a nectarine that could bruise if we weren’t careful. We collected them like we were trying to build an orchard. And the spaces that he never saw, the ones my parents had labeled “private parts” when I was still small enough to fit all of myself and worries inside a bathtub, I made up for them by handing over all the private parts of me. There was no secret I didn’t tell him, there was no moment I didn’t share - and we didn’t grow UP, we grew IN, like ivy wrapping, molding each other into perfect yings and yangs. We kissed with mouths open, breathing his exhale into my inhale - we could have survived underwater or outer space. Living only off the breath we traded, we spelled love, G-I-V-E. I never wanted to hide my body from him. If I could have, I would have given it all away with the rest of me. I did not know it was possible to save some things for myself. Some nights I wake up knowing he is anxious, he is across the world in another woman’s arms - the years have spread us like dandelion seeds - sanding down the edges of our jigsaw parts that used to only fit each other. He drinks from the pitcher on the night stand, checks the digital clock, it is 5am. He tosses in sheets and tries to settle, I wait for him to sleep. Before tucking myself into elbows and knees reaching for things I have long since giving away.” — Private Parts, Sarah Kay (via stacygirlfren)

(via homoerotics)