“we were lovers in a past life” trope but the current incarnations are enemy-to-lovers trope. when.
To be clear. I don’t want “our past love ended in betrayal and anger and now we hate each other.” I want “we died in love and in each other’s arms” but the current incarnations do NOT remember and they ARE trying their best to End the other one and these new sudden flashbacks to lovingly holding each other’s hands is EXTREMELY UPSETTING
why did they give this line to the villain
To make it seem like a bad thing to young girls
I’m…no. This is such a bad misinterpretation of the point. Holy Lazy Feminist Film Crit, Batman.
They gave this line to Cruella to show that she thinks love and success are fundamentally opposed. She doesn’t believe you can love others and pursue your talents and ambitions at the same time.
The key aspect to Cruella’s character is that she is cruel. She is willing to step on anyone, including helpless puppies, to get what she wants. People like her think that relationships - which require compassion, understanding, cooperation, and compromise - only get in the way of “real” happiness. Something like marriage is thus off the table entirely.
Anita is the polar opposite. She is radically compassionate, to the point that she’s willing, despite having a limited budget, to adopt dozens of orphaned puppies. She chooses to be with Roger and live a humble but honest lifestyle rather than cutting throats to have success.
And you know what? Anita still pursues her passions anyway. She still designs clothes and uses her talent. She doesn’t “squander” it. She and Roger live side by side, harmoniously pursuing their individual dreams of fashion design and music composition while still united in their love of dogs, laughter, and the arts. That is what a healthy marriage looks like, and it’s something Cruella is incapable of comprehending.
Cruella is here creating a false dichotomy to try and gaslight Anita into thinking her choices are wrong. That isn’t feminism, it’s just what Cruella does best: cruelty.
cisheteropatriarchal marriages like that are anomalies.
The fact is-
sometimes the villain has a point.
And no, maybe it wasn’t intentional. In fact, it frequently isn’t intentional.
But sometimes the villain has a point.
How many girls do you know, who’ve grown up resigned to the idea of getting married and becoming a housewife, because that’s what they assume is their only real option?
I spent my early teen years dreading exactly that. Under not the assumption, but that the certainty, that someday, I was going to have to get married to a man, and have sex with that man- while actively sex repulsed. I was resigned to that being my only choice. That regardless of what I wanted, it would happen someday.
From an early age, the importance of getting married and raising kids is pushed on us. There’s a narrative there, built in fairy tales and movies- ‘happily ever after means getting married’.
It’s been getting better, slowly but surely- but go back to the time period of 101 Dalmations, and there’s still a long way to go.
Sometimes the villain has a point.
But.
That doesn’t make them right.
Because yes- she has a point. There are a lot of women who live unhappy, unfulfilling lives, because they felt pressured by society to get married.
But there are just as many women, who thrive in their marriages.
Who have husbands, wives, and spouses who truly do love and support them, who are brought as much joy by their partners as they bring to them.
There are women who do even enjoy being housewives- who actively enjoy taking care of the home and their family, not because it’s expected, but because acts of care are one of their love languages.
(And in the same note, there’s men who enjoy being house husbands. And enbs who enjoy being housespouses.)
There are marriages built on true, lasting love and affection, just as there are marriages built on societal obligation and inertia.
The villain has a point-
but the villain isn’t looking at the full picture.
And that is important, as well.
Some of my favourite Wanda looks and sitcom themes from past episodes! Gonna miss hearing “previously on WandaVision” but definitely not gonna miss yelling at the screen when “please stand by” pops up lol. Now EXCUSE me while I continue SOBBING about the finale
Did another round of the Six Fanarts Challenge! This time I picked Azula and my patrons voted for the other five :D
when you’re the only well behaved kid in the whole class
"You are so quiet" bro i daydream 80% of my time
there is no shame in being soft
there is no shame in loving
16 past peak comedy and my boy just kept adding to it
I’ve been fascinated with the underground town of Coober Pedy, in Australia, b/c it’s the Opal mining capital of the world, and my birthstone is the Opal. Plus, it’s a very interesting place.
B/c it’s so hot, 80% of the town is underground. You can buy an above-ground house, if you really want one, but all homes are relatively inexpensive.
Shopping is underground.
Bars, coffee shops, & restaurants are also underground.
Churches are underground, too.
You can visit & stay in one of the many motels. This is the lobby of a Comfort Inn.
“my child is fine” your child retypes their keysmashes multiple times until it looks right
the comments on this tiktok… the unity… the commitment to the bit…. women are so sexy
sir….
Never in my life would I have guessed the original image would finally have a use
Shakira Shakira
