if you want to ask a bisexual or asexual person about their sexual history to verify that they’re queer, but you don’t want them to take it the wrong way, try this useful communication technique:
give them twenty dollars and go away.
As a bi person, I can attest to the beneficiality of this method.
As an ace i second that^
if twenty dollars doesn’t work for you then forty dollars is also fine
*Finishes watching the new Wreck It Ralph 2 trailer with the princesses*
*Takes deep breath*
Okay…
Do you know what set Enchanted apart from every other parody of Disney? Enchanted wasn’t a parody at all. Enchanted was a pastiche. (A pastiche of Disney done by Disney with Disney. I’ll get to that last part in a minute.)
See, a parody mocks something. A pastiche may poke fun at it but its ultimate goal is to always, always, celebrate it.
And the people behind Enchanted went so hard. Every single scene was filled with nothing less than pure respect and devotion to Disney, even as they were making jokes about the overused tropes that previous Disney films used.
So yes, you have wonderfully cheesy jokes like this:
While also having genuine, heartfelt, nonironic, moments like this:
That whole dance sequence was phenomenal. They didn’t have to go that hard but they did because they wanted to immerse you in the feeling of Disney!
I mean, look at this, right here:
It’s obviously a pastiche of this shot from Beauty and the Beast:
A pastiche, not a parody, because they weren’t mocking it. They were saying, “Hey, remember that beautiful scene that blew you away, yeah, it blew us away too, we’re going to make an homage to it because we loved it so much.”
And that’s just one of the hundreds of references and easter eggs in the film.
Like we all know the scene in the park where they burst into sing and Robert’s just standing there like:
Classic!
A hilarious parody but it’s not a parody, it’s a pastiche, because when they’re bursting into song, it’s done to genuinely celebrate old Disney songs and not just mock them. Hey, fun fact, you know these dancers:
They’re the Chimney Sweepers (the actors who played them in Mary Poppins)!
They loved the Chimney Sweepers so they brought back the actors to do a three-second cameo in the film! There are hundreds of references and callbacks like that throughout the movie, all done to not only have a laugh at how cheesy Disney is but to celebrate that cheesiness with Disney, by Disney, with Disney (i/e: the references). It was the perfect homage!
That’s why Kristoff loudly scoffing about marrying a boy you just met falls flat; it’s meant to mock and not celebrate.
That’s why the new trailer with the princesses being reduced to one-dimensional archetypes while Vanellope looks scared for their wellbeing doesn’t work for me.
The jokes are funny, the animation was pretty, but there was no heart behind it.
Hell, even Shrek (and Shrek 2) of all things knew how to be a pastiche instead of an outright parody. That’s how you got genuinely epic moments like this:
Where they realized that yes, these tropes make for comedy gold, but there’s still something about them to be celebrated.
When Shrek celebrates Disney more than Disney’s celebrating Disney, there’s something wrong!
And I really hope that this new meta “haha we’re not like the other Disney films, we’re edgy, we’re mocking the old tropes” trend doesn’t stick around. Because these tropes may be sappy af, they may be overused, and there may be better ones out there, but they still deserve a happily ever after.
I really really really really fucking hated that trailer. HAAAAATED IT
I feel like I’ve phased into an alternate universe
you know how japanese otakus will destroy their idol cds and merchandise if it comes out that their favorite idol has a boyfriend or whatever
im imagining that exact reaction, but instead of otakus its racist white americans destroying commemorative nascar plates and hot wheels while they screech “WHY DALE WHY”
As someone who was raised around NASCAR fans I can 1000℅ confirm that that is totally what’s happening
If you’re European, in a couple of weeks you will be denied any and all access to fandom contents on Tumblr and everywhere else on the internet. Here’s why.
On June, 20th the JURI of European Parliament approved of the articles 11 and 13 of the new Copyright Law. These articles are also known as the “Link Tax” and the “Censorship Machines” articles.
Articles 13 in particular forces every internet platform to filter all the contents we upload online, ending once and for all the fandom culture. Which means you won’t be able to upload any type of fandom works like fan arts, fan fictions, gif sets from your favourite films and series, edits, because it’s all copyrighted material. And you won’t also be able to share, enjoy or download other’s contents, because the use of links will be completely restricted.
But not everything’s lost yet. There’s another round of voting scheduled for the early days of July.
What you can do now to save our internet, is to share these informations with all of your family members and friends, and to ask to your MEP (the members of the European Parliament from your country) to vote NO at the next round, to vote against articles 11 and 13.
Here you can find more news and all the details to contact your MEP:
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