I would just like to point out that the beginning and end of Spirited Away creep me out in the most delicious way possible. I’ve always been a fan of fairy tales, and not just the Grimm and Anderson stuff, almost all my life. Like the honestly faerie court stories.
Themes you see in those reflect strongly in this movie, and comparing them side by side just makes it that much more stark.
Often times you hear that if you get sucked into the fairy realm, you shouldn’t eat their food. It gives them power over you. More often than not, heroes finally escape the fairy realm after what they perceive to be a very short time (a night or a week)…
…only to find that seasons or years have passed.
‘Hey, it’s all dusty in here. Is this someone’s idea of a joke?’
CRAPPING SHIT I WHY HAVE I NEVER NOTICED THIS
This always freaked me out a little as a kid. Like the OP, I couldn’t help but wonder how long REALLY passed. I always pretended it was something like a week but… Judging by that moss, I can’t say for sure.
A week? Try much MUCH /MUCH/ longer. The plants are a good indicator but a better one is the statue. We’re seeing it from the same angle in each shot. Look in the first one before she enters, it’s not NEW but you can tell what it is.
Now look at the second frame. It’s so eroded it’s just a dull, flat stone.
That thing is solid stone, that must have taken up to, if not more than, a DECADE to wear down that much.
Not to mention that there are new trees next to the car. Just remember how long it actually takes for trees to grow real quick.
Evidence is suggesting they were in there for maybe around 20-30 years.
I’d like to point out that “not eating from the other world” is a constant theme in many stories.
A most well-known example i can think of is from the tale of Hades and Persephone, when Persephone eats from Hades’ feast.
And the stone is also an indicator of its own. a milestone if you will; in film it is used to represent another dimension.
e.g. both the food and the milestone have also been used in Pan’s Labyrinth.
I really urge the younger tumblr users, in particular, to protect themselves on here and choose wisely who they trust. Even if someone seems trustworthy cause your friends follow them or whatever, please think before doing things like giving out your contact info or your home address. Really, if any tumblr user interacting with you in any way makes you uncomfortable, it is 100% your right to disengage and ask that person to not follow you or communicate with you.
REMUS LUPIN WAS BORN IN MARCH 1960 GUESS WHAT HAPPENED IN MARCH 1960 A FUCKING LUNAR ECLIPSE
i swear jk rowling spent like three days planning out remus lupin’s life
yes so his name will be werewolf werewolf and he’ll be born on a lunar eclipse oh i’m so clever and i’ll make pg 394 and his boggart is a full moon and his patronus a wolf and maybe he should be a werewolf too that would be lovely
Guys, please please please, don’t just kill survivors because you don’t want to kill your new friend.
-Eris
Yeah, this just makes me angry when it happens. I understand forgetting someone is survivor and the mafia kills them. It happens.
However, when you actively argue with the Godfather to show the survivor mercy in a WON game, then it’s just cruel and selfish.
—-Saber
i was an amn gone surv and it came down to me, three maf and a spy. I had already said I was gonna help the maf but they still lynched me after trying to shoot me. They were assholes.
