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
Not only was she the first female writer to make the Forbes billionaires list, she then became one of the very few people to take herself off that list by giving so much to charity that it actually made a dent in her fortune.
And she gets it. There aren’t enough generous billionaires in the world who remember where they came from, therefore private charity isn’t the ultimate (only) answer to poverty like some politicians would have us believe. We are all interconnected, we all need each other, in democratic countries we are part of the government, and so keeping needy people from falling into complete destitution and despair is an important and worthy role for government to take. It benefits all of us in the long run. And nobody who feels comfortable and secure now (fewer and fewer of those people around these days) has any guarantee they won’t need help themselves someday.
JK Rowling…reason numbers 2.7 billion why I adore this woman.
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.
it’s wild how america is basically a dystopia but we’re conditioned almost immediately upon starting school to believe that it’s not and that it’s the pinnacle of freedom
i mean, that in itself is kind of the hallmark of a dystopian nation
What are you talking about? America doesn’t condition people, what with it’s media only putting “ideal americans” in good light and making everyone else seem like a threat, it’s government who actively resists change once someone who actually cares about people gets in office, it’s school systems designed to have people get used to a schedule and monotony, it’s insistence on how important something is like it’s a necessity and then pricing it so that if someone DOES do it, they are in debt for life and it’s mandatory pledging of allegiance to the country.
adam young is autistic you know the owl city guy is autistic remember that
Why is this important? At all?
for young autistic kids who feel like they will never be popular or successful? so that they know that there is hope for them? jesus christ who shit in your sandwich
First I got lynched and killed the first mafioso. Then it came down to jester, proven ret and mafioso. They lynched the jester and I managed to convince ares that it would be very funny if he killed mafioso. because then only me and him would win. It was a good game for jesters.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
