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My brain supplied me with a demon possessed Luna and then...

monstertesk — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:57 -0500

My brain supplied me with a demon possessed Luna and then everything went terrible from there.

but-the-universe-doesnt-agree: nutmuffin00: Greatest plot...

monstertesk — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:01:01 -0500

nutmuffin00:

Greatest plot twist to Monster’s Inc.

oh my god you know what i just realized? all of the doors in monster’s inc. are “bigger on the inside”. so if any of the monsters went through this door they wouldn’t think anything of it. and the doctor would be standing there, smiling, waiting for them to say it, but of course it would make no difference to them.

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monstertesk — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:53 -0500

ohfuckitszombieoprah: ladydrawers: Varieties of Gender...

monstertesk — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:48 -0500

ohfuckitszombieoprah:

ladydrawers:

Varieties of Gender Harassment by Lyra Hill and Anne Elizabeth Moore.

Check out the rest of our monthly strips here.

he asked them which dude drew the comic

as he was watching them draw it

Ramblings Of An Unrepentant Madwoman: poodlepants: I’ve been harping on this subject a lot lately, but I...

monstertesk — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:59:06 -0500

Ramblings Of An Unrepentant Madwoman: poodlepants: I’ve been harping on this subject a lot lately,...

we're brothers now: tbh i don’t care what your opinions on the lydia promo are but let me...

monstertesk — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:17:31 -0500

we're brothers now: tbh i don’t care what your opinions on the lydia promo are but let me...:...

Lucy Liu Talks Candidly About Racism And Stereotypes In Hollywood

monstertesk — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:14:20 -0500

Lucy Liu Talks Candidly About Racism And Stereotypes In Hollywood: asiansnotstudying: One of my...

"Fan fiction is one of the great unsung popular literary movements of the past 50 years, but finding..."

monstertesk — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:57:37 -0500

“Fan fiction is one of the great unsung popular literary movements of the past 50 years, but...

claravoyant: dw meme: four otps - the doctor and the...

monstertesk — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:55:21 -0500

claravoyant:

dw meme: four otps - the doctor and the tardis

It’s always you and her isn’t it? Long after the rest of us have gone. A boy and his box off to see the universe.

duchesslyssie: BBC Radio 3 presents: Mike Bartlett’s ‘Cock’ A...

monstertesk — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:54 -0500

duchesslyssie:

BBC Radio 3 presents: Mike Bartlett’s ‘Cock’

A gay man falls for a woman during a break from his boyfriend. Starring Ben Whishaw, Andrew Scott, Katherine Parkinson, and Paul Jesson. Produced by Mary Peate, directed by James MacDonald, and written by Mike Bartlett. Original air date: 20/11/2011. All credit where it’s due.

If you’ve never listened to this, do it. It’s brilliant and terrible and real. It’s so real because this is how couples are and this is how love actually is, this isn’t the Disney movie version where the girl gets her prince. This is how screwed up people and our own sexuality and life can get, condensed in an hour and a half.

TW: transmisogynic slurs, cissexist language.

weeaboo-chan: people who think the modern bbc sherlock fandom is crazy no you dont...

monstertesk — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:01:08 -0500

weeaboo-chan: people who think the modern bbc sherlock fandom is crazy no you dont...

ktgay: Update: NBC Mailing Campaign #EATTHERUDE For those of...

monstertesk — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:32:25 -0500

ktgay:

Update: NBC Mailing Campaign #EATTHERUDE

For those of you unaware, we have 1 week to convince NBC to keep Hannibal on for a second season. In this time we are choosing to inundate NBC’s NY office with business cards to let them know we mean business, Fannibal style.

Even if you aren’t able to send a business card in the mail, you can still create one in time for the show this Thursday. That’s right. We’re combining the mailing campaign with a twitter campaign in order to get #EATTHERUDE trending on twitter.

This is something that everyone can be involved in, no matter where they live.

WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT?

It is really important that our views are counted, even if you aren’t one of the lucky 25,000 in the US to have your views counted.

Having Hannibal related tags trend on twitter while the show airs gives networks like NBC more concrete data on exactly how many of us are watching. Trust me, they will be paying close attention to this.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?

1. Show yourself

Take a photo of yourself with your business card/s
ready for tweeting just before the show this Thursday. (If you are outside the US, please check your local Hannibal air time/date for when to tweet!) The plan is to tweet our pics, along with the hashtag #EATTHERUDE in order to trend during the episode!

2. One hashtag to rule them all

#EATTHERUDE is this week’s hashtag - tagging #Hannibal won’t result in trending. As Twitter puts it: “Twitter Trends are automatically generated by an algorithm that attempts to identify topics that are being talked about more right now than they were previously. The Trends list is designed to help people discover the ‘most breaking’ breaking news from across the world, in real-time.”

If we keep tagging #Hannibal each week (or any other common word) we will to keep topping ourselves in order to compete. This is why we need a different hashtag each time :)

ALSO NOTE: #EATTHERUDE must be the only hashtag present in each tweet - otherwise it simply isn’t counted. For reals.

3. No points for early check-in

Please make sure you are online at the right time, in order to make the biggest impact. We want to appear on the scene out of nowhere and take twitter by surprise! I suggest starting no earlier than 1 hour before Hannibal airs, continuing through until the show finishes.

4. Show your love

These are some of the most important accounts you can tweet during the episode

Official NBC - @nbc

Official NBC Hannibal - @NBCHannibal

Bryan Fuller - Creator @BryanFuller

Martha De Laurentiis - Exec Producer @neoprod

Dino De Laurentiis Co - Production Company @DeLaurentiisCo

David A Slade - Director @DAVID_A_SLADE

Thanks again Fannibals for all the support. Keep the business cards rolling in and let’s get #EATTHERUDE trending this week!

If anyone has any questions please get in touch, if I don’t respond right away, it’s because I’m in Australia and it’s a miracle I’m still alive. Drop bears and everything ;)

P.S. You can find me on twitter here - _Destati_

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monstertesk — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:59 -0500

iamthespacecadet: typette: heffydoodle: fireskink: tortle: ...

monstertesk — Sun, 12 May 2013 12:01:04 -0500

iamthespacecadet:

typette:

heffydoodle:

fireskink:

tortle:

exactlyasplanned:

boxed-hobo:

titodelcuba:

riffraffstreetratt:

I love this era of Disney animation. Hand drawn sketchy lines of BEAUTY.

so much sketchy goodness

I love the sketchy style too. But didn’t Disney dislike it? :B (I may be getting some info mixed up in my head. Time to refresh my memory by watch Disney extras again!)

Disney likely disliked it. I didn’t see it in many movies except this and perhaps “The Jungle Book”. Before this they had very clean lines in comparison and then reverted back to those lines.

Don’t forget Robin Hood, it was quite sketchy.

The Aristocats was the last film to be approved by Walt Disney himself, as he died in 1966 and this was released in 1970, so any movies after that he didn’t have consideration over. The same artists worked on The Aristocats, The Jungle Book and Robin Hood, I believe. Hence the sketchy style. c:

Also 101 dalmations had this. I fucking ADORED the sketches flashing past and dancing around the motions, it added such great character. The “nprofessional and unpolished finish” would keep this from EVER being any kind of standard to aspire to but I would love to see a 2D film that used this playfully and intentionally.

To clear some things up: this “sketchy” look was more or less a result of cost cuts. After the enormous budget of Sleeping Beauty in 1959, coupled with its less than desirable reception at the box office, the animation department was forced to cheapen their budgets on future features, and a sort of photocopying process called Xerox was invented. It was a much quicker and less expensive alternative to meticulously inking over every drawing - here, the lines were instantly captured in a single copy. After being experimented with on some shorts including the World of Color premiere on TV (Ludwig Von Drake’s debut!), it was put to testing on a feature with 101 Dalmatians in 1961 - and it ended up working enormously in that film’s favor, taking into consideration both the graphic, pop-look of the film and the huge amount of spots on all the dogs. Walt, however, strongly disliked the look - but had to begrudgingly accept it, as it was the most monetarily effective option available, and at the moment he was more occupied with television, live-action and especially Disneyland and the World’s Fair than with animation. The process continued to be used on both shorts and films through the 60’s and 70’s, covering The Sword in the Stone, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Aristocats, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and Robin Hood. The graphic look given by the sharp dark lines was aided by frequent art direction from Milt Kahl, who was the lead character designer on all of these films and was more effective at combining realistic three-dimensional movement with stylized designs than anyone else at the studio. Come 1977’s The Rescuers, however, it was decided to return to the softer, hand-inked look of the early features, although I believe Xerox was still used to some extent both there and through some of the 80’s features.

That’s all off the top of my head, and I may be missing some important details. That said… I LOVE this look, and I guess that’s no secret if you look at my art. The 60’s period of Disney, especially, is one of the strongest influences on my stuff I can think of. A lot of it has to do with Milt Kahl’s incredibly strong designs but I really do have a love for the rawness the Xerox look gives the animation. Without being limited by the ink and paint department, the animators were really able to be a bit more loose with their performances and, as seen here, were given less room to worry about keeping their drawings tight while instead focusing on just putting strong animation on the screen. If you look at many films where the drawings are carefully inked and tied-down, whether digitally or traditionally (especially the 90’s renaissance) you can see a bit of clumsiness in the animation pretty often, which is a shame - clearly something is frequently lost in the process of making everything look clean and pretty. I do think it’s worth looking back on what the Xerox method and style had to offer, at least in terms of retaining the raw energy and life of the drawings.

all people into animation remember the old disney films with the sketchy lines that made it easy to see, “wow, these were all drawings by real people”

the Rescuers is one of my most favourite Disney movies of all time.

This is a really good writeup about the dark ages of disney

We put one foot in front of the other.

monstertesk — Sat, 11 May 2013 12:01:02 -0500

We put one foot in front of the other.

fakerealcome on take your placeand come outyou’ve built a...

monstertesk — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:01:13 -0500

fake
real
come on take your place
and come out
you’ve built a wall

benedictatorship: coelasquid: stfuconservatives: mohandasgandh...

monstertesk — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:38:57 -0500

benedictatorship:

coelasquid:

stfuconservatives:

mohandasgandhi:

What happens if you flip gendered book covers?

You are informed about a book’s perceived quality through a number of ways. Probably the biggest is the cover.

And the simple fact of the matter is, if you are a female author, you are much more likely to get the package that suggests the book is of a lower perceived quality. Because it’s “girly,” which is somehow inherently different and easier on the palate. A man and a woman can write books about the same subject matter, at the same level of quality, and that woman is simple more likely to get the soft-sell cover with the warm glow and the feeling of smooth jazz blowing off of it.

This idea that there are “girl books” and “boy books” and “chick lit” and “whatever is the guy equivalent of chick lit”* gives credit to absolutely no one, especially not the boys who will happily read stories by women, about women. As a lover of books and someone who supports readers and writers of both sexes, I would love a world in which books are freed from some of these constraints. Click here to read more about the perceived differences between ‘girl’ and ‘boy’ books.

(Continue reading…)

This is a pretty interesting experiment from author Maureen Johnson.

I read this earlier today. Really, really worth looking at and thinking about. There’s a whole gallery of them.

Wow that first linked article is really heartbreaking.

I can’t help thinking of how J.K. Rowling had to invent a middle name because her publishers thought boys would be put off reading a book written by a woman called “Joanne Rowling”.

doctorwho: super-psychic-paper: there’s a special place in my...

monstertesk — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:15:10 -0500

doctorwho:

super-psychic-paper:

there’s a special place in my heart for John Smith

Doctor Who Series 3: Family of Blood

mickymilk: Shameless Meme ↳ [4/7] characters: Carl Gallagher

monstertesk — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:13:51 -0500

mickymilk:

Shameless Meme

↳ [4/7] characters: Carl Gallagher

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monstertesk — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:57:36 -0500