ANNIHILATION (2018) dir. Alex Garland
Someone has to leave first. This is a very old story. There is no other version of this story.
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Options on the page to cancel your subscription to Shudder, which I'm pointing out because you can observe this same phenomenon on basically any subscription-based website:
- Doing the opposite of what you came here for - Written in bold on a red button, 18 pt font, 700 weight
- Doing what you came here for - Hidden beneath the red button, 12 pt font, 400 weight
Make this illegal
went and rewatched zome of the arknights event trailerz and zomething i juzt noticed in the il siracusano trailor
it ztartz off in a much more narrow azpect ratio than the otherz
(il siracusano vs vernal winds)
but then when lappland breakz through the wall, itz a zegment where the light and dark bitz are framed to be like the previouz azpect ratio
zo it lookz like she literally breakz through the wallz of the animation itzelf
and from that point itz all the traditional ratio
“Director Dario Argento’s original idea was that the ballet school would accommodate young girls no older than 12 years. However, the studio and producer Salvatore Argento (his father) denied his request because a film this violent involving children would almost certainly be banned. Dario raised the age limit of the girls to 20 years but did not rewrite the script, hence the naiveté of the characters and the occasionally childlike dialogue. He also put all the doorknobs at about the same height as the actress’ heads so they would have to raise their arms in order to open the doors, just like children.”Suspiria (1977) dir. Dario Argento
Jennifer’s Body (2009)
Black Swan (2010)
Gone Girl (2014)
The Witch (2014)
The Neon Demon (2016)
The Love Witch (2016)
Suspiria (2018)
Hereditary (2018)
X (2022)
THE BEGINNINGS OF KAWAII
No, no, you have no idea. It actually IS the beginning of the whole so-called “kawaii culture”. And it started because girls started using mechanical pencils, which provided fine handwriting. After being banished (more precisely, during the 80s), this kind of writing started being used in products like magazines and make-up. And, during this time, icons we usually associate with the whole kawaii industry (like the characters from Sanrio) came to life too.
And what many people don’t realize is that this subculture was born as a way for young girls to express themselves in their own way. And it was also used as something against the adult life and the traditional culture, often seen as dull and boring and oppressive. By embracing cuteness, these young girls (and adult women, after a while) were showing non-conformation with the current standards.
So yep. Kawaii is important, and it all started with cute, simple handwritting a few hearts and cat faces in some girls’ school notebooks <3
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NO OK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!
This is also how the kawaii fashions started! Girls began dressing in cute and off beat styles for themsleves, they were criticized by adult figures telling them “you’ll never find a husband if you dress that way!” to which they began to reply “Good!”
All the Japanese subcultures and fashions that evolved out of this became a rebellion to tradition and the starch gender roles and expectations the adults were forcing on the younger generations. As early as the 70s and still to this day you’ll see an emphasis on child-like fashion and themes in more kawaii styles and the dismissal of the male gaze with styles like lolita (a lot of western people assume lolita is somehow sexual due to the name of the fashion, but ask any Japanese lolita and they will tell you that men hate the style and find it unattractive which is sometimes a large reason they gravitate towards the style - they can express their femininity and individuality while remaining independent and without the pressure to appeal to men)
Its so so so important to understand the hyper cute and ‘odd’ fashions of Japanese girls carry such a huge message of feminism and reclaiming of their own lives.
so are you telling me that Japan’s punk phase was really the kawaii phase
Kawaii is so goth
Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace
I did not know this but I love this form of feminism!
-FemaleWarrior, She/They
Which is why you get bands like BABYMETAL, which toured with Judas Priest for a while, looking like this:
Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace
