ok this is really sweet

+ cheyenne’s not convinced, jonah

I made part 2 of the iconic vine wallpapers! Please like/reblog if you use them!

Disney vs. 7 early fairytales 

The 1812 version of Snow White is even worse when you consider that the girl was only seven years old in the tale (plus her unconscious body ended up being carted around by the prince until one of his servants accidentally woke her up).  Also, in The Little Mermaid, the mermaid’s unable to speak because she had her tongue cut out >__<

But I’d love to see faithful adaptations of the original tales.  Especially Bluebeard.  We need a Bluebeard adaptation.

Actually, the original-original pre-Grimm Brothers’ stories that were passed around Europe via oral tradition are nowhere near as violent as the Grimm’s made them. Cinderella’s stepsisters were never ugly and kept their eyes, Snow White’s mother was not even a villain (instead a group of bandits were), and instead of spending the whole story napping Sleeping Beauty outwitted a dangerous bandit leader, wouldn’t let him sleep with her, and saved herself. 

The original oral stories were radically changed by the Brothers Grimm to fit their personal and political beliefs. Most notably, they often added in female characters solely for the purpose of making them evil villains and took away most of the heroines’ agency and intelligence. Both brothers belonged to a small fanatical sect of Catholicism that vilified women because of the idea of Original Sin and Wilhelm in particular had a particularly deep hatred of women. The Grimms were actually pretty horrible people. Those cannibalistic queens and ugly stepsisters and the mass amount of violence against women didn’t exist until the Grimms wanted them to. Their ideas stuck so soundly though that we now assume they were in the original tales and that these terrible characters and ideas come out of some perceived barbaric Old World culture. But in truth they’re really the Grimms’ weird obsession with hating women showing through. The original oral folklore focused on the heroes’ and heroines’ good deeds and used them as ways to teach cultural norms and a society’s rules and encouraged girls to be quick-witted and street-savvy instead of passive princesses, and the Grimms promptly stripped that all away. 

“Grimms Bad Girls and Bold Boys” by Ruth Bottingheimer is an excellent book on this

Something to add to my reading list.

So this guy Franz Xaver Von Schonwerth collected all these fairytales and in the 2000′s they were discovered in an attic and published. Unlike the Grimm brothers, he did not edit anything. The Grimms deliberately edited the stories to fit middle class tastes - they also were trying to create a national identity with these tales as a touchstone. Meanwhile Von Schonwerth’s goal was documenting the Bavarian oral traditions - which is why he didn’t edit the stories in his notes. 

And the stories are weird and intense. Some have the classic “beginning middle end + moral” - some are just “here’s stuff that happened….” 

And some of the endings…you know that story about a weary soldier who performs three tasks and gets to marry the princess? In this book, the soldier is continually rejected by both the king and the princess, so he brings an army to burn down the entire castle with everyone inside. The end, lol.

The other interesting thing is that while the Grimms tales had mostly female protagonists, Von Schonwerth’s have as many boys trying to escape nasty situations as girls. There are boys who cuddle up with frogs to discover that the frogs are princesses, there are boys called “King Goldenhair,” there are brothers fighting, and fathers sending sons out to stop being a burden on the family. In the introduction, Maria Tatar posits that the Grimms, having suffered from being orphans, may have avoided these types of stories. 

Anyway, if you like fairytales, The Turnip Princess book is worth the read.

How to be a low-key ML fan at work.

I made some cute enamel pins! Yay! Available at my store ‘til supplies last. Reblogs are wonderful and always appreciated!

Found a link, Spanish dub only

I’ll be on lookout for English dub

Okay there’s English dub, however it’s cut in several parts

“Modern Pinocchio, y'all” - spacey

“This episode is just one giant ‘As Seen on TV!’ product placement. GAZ clearly watched this.” - Tech Surgeon

“The GIF.” - Barbie Girl

Robostus

Miraculous The Adventures of Ladybug and Chat Noir

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English Dub for Befana is out You can find it here

La Befana (episode “4″) in English

from our lovely Russian buddies at vk.com/bemiraculous

ALSO! According to them, episode 7 will appear on November 26th, called “Le Hibou Noir” (Black Owl), likely starring Principal Damocles as a villain! I don’t want to necessarily say this is absolutely true because I don’t know their source, but it is interestingly specific information. It was previously speculated to be Troublemaker, but more recent information apparently suggests Black Owl.

Guys !!!

Miraculous Ladybug S2E5 - Riposte RAW + English Subs

Well, that was INTENSE. Ladrien INTENSIFIES.

**Update: Disney blocked the Youtube version so FAST, I’m sorryyyy. 

***Update2: Added a link to the episode with English subs. It’s the first time I try it, I’m sorry if it’s not perfect.

Drive && Drive2

English Subs 

English subs version thanks to @hanacassiopeia ‘s translation.

Teaser cover for my next comic :3

Not sure when I’ll get the first page up, but once I get my schedule situated, it’ll be another weekly update.

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

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Mable - Reverse Mable Dipper - Bipper - Reverse Dipper 

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Miraculous Moves Page 33 [x]

Me too Nino me too

( also reverted back to writing the text by hand since typing it turns out too small;; )

An AU where Adrien was shorter than his best friend, Marinette, in grade school ‘ v  ‘ 

Marinette and her Romeo Act 2, Scene 7 

Act 1: [1][2][3]

Act 2: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

[Omake]

I’ve put the [FAQ] for this series up on my main page.

SO! Big update! and the conclusion of Act 2! Where’s the rest? Act 3 will come after a hiatus where I plot properly.

I’ll also take the opportunity to work on some other projects to refresh myself before diving back in.

Thanks for reading along and all your kind words and support! Apologies of I’m slow to answer your queries, I’ve been working very hard on this and actually am due at work in 15 minutes XD.

Also I took the initiative of uploading a basic video of this to youtube: https://youtu.be/gYAg-AXbpdU

[EDIT] So because of reposting I decided to post Act 3 in one go once I’ve completed it. Also because it’s a huge project 38 planned pages it’d going to take months to complete. Nothing before the end of May.

About the AU

Page index:  1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32

Can’t decide the name of the AU, there are too many good suggestions, but I’m putting all the stuff about this AU under #ship war au because it’s a literally ship war between Jarco’s kid and Starco’s kid :p

Also these are my headcanons about the AU

If anyone want to make fanart/fanfic about the AU you are more than welcome to do so c: