This is my Trash

When she got poisoned by the Queen the dwarves all gave her one last kiss on the forehead to say goodbye before her funeral and that was the true love’s kiss she needed to wake up, because her dads all loved her very much

And it was??? actually??? good??? mom holy fuck

Spoiler alert for… the whole movie, really. 

First off, the animation was wonderful. Everything was incredibly Seussical and Christmassy, with the exception of the mountains (but that’s a minor nitpick). 

Pharrell Williams was the Narrator, and he was… okay. Not quite who I would have picked normally, but credit where credit is due, he DID fit in well. 

Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch was actually very good. A nice surprise - he could go between threatening and sad and ridiculous, and his voice didn’t do that thing that some celebrity voice actors do, where you listen to them, recognize them, and immediately only hear them as “Celebrity Reading Lines” for the rest of the movie (I had this issue with Dreamworks Home actually, with both Jim Parsons and Rihanna as their characters). 

One big surprise here was the pacing - this film actually went very slow, comparatively speaking. It took its time to build to the last act, and some scenes meandered, but not in a bad way, or a ‘we’re trying to fill out the 90 minute time frame with padding, filler, and fluff’ kind of way. It was refreshing. 

This movie had plenty of Seussian items and machines, and all of them looked like something he would have drawn. 

Cindy Lou Who was actually pretty cute - she wasn’t annoying or over-used, like some kid characters can get. She’s very sweet, and read like a kid more often than not. 

Max was fucking precious. I would die for that dog. He was so freaking cute and aaaauauuuuuuggghhh I love him to pieces. (Another excellent part of this movie? The Grinch was NOT an asshole to his dog. He actually liked his dog, even if he didn’t like his drumming skills XD)

But probably the best part of the movie had to be the resolution. 

(Big spoilers here, be warned)

The Grinch actually apologizes for what he did. 

When he comes back with the sleigh after the epiphany stuff, he arrives, and very simply says that he was the one who stole Christmas, because he thought it would fix something bad that happened a long time ago. But the fact is, that it didn’t. It was a mistake that hurt everyone, and he was sorry for everything he did. 

And then he just… leaves. 

He goes home with Max, and it’s a very quiet scene. No one says anything, and no one tries to pull him back. No one accepts it and immediately all is well. It’s… surprisingly mature. 

The Grinch goes home, then later gives Max a squeaky toy Christmas present (estimated maybe a few hours passed after that). It’s a sweet little scene, interrupted by Cindy Lou Who knocking on the door, and inviting him to Christmas dinner at her house. He asks her why she’s doing it - after all, he did steal their Christmas, caused a LOT of stress and worry on what’s supposed to be a happy day - and she tells him that yeah, he did all that. But he’s been alone long enough, and that’s why they’re inviting him. Then she leaves. He makes the decision to go, and that’s where the movie ends - at Christmas dinner, with the declaration that kindness and love are the most important things to strive for. 

This is honestly very surprising, because of how so many children’s movies treat these situations: either the guilty party apologizes in some over-the-top monologue and everyone immediately forgives-and-forgets them, or the guilty party is castigated to the extreme, then forgiven bc plot. There isn’t always an in-between.

This though? It was very simple, very straight-forward - no excuses as to ‘here’s why you should forgive me’, just ‘here’s why I did this, but it still wasn’t right, and I’m sorry’. Then the equivalent of several hours passes by, and quietly resolves with acceptance and forgiveness. It’s really nice, and lends a genuine quality to the film that is completely unexpected and extremely welcome. 

This ties in with another couple of lessons from the film, one overt, one subtle. The overt one is that you can’t teach someone a lesson who doesn’t want to hear it. When they choose to stop and listen, then they can change for the better because they’re willing to. This is what leads the Grinch to his epiphany at the end. 

The subtle one is that isolating yourself won’t help you in the long run; in fact, it’ll prolly hurt you more. If you’ve been hurt, isolating yourself may feel like it helps in the immediate sense, but being alone won’t help you recover or grow or change, or anything that can lend itself to making your life better. Sometimes, the most you can do is to help someone else feel better, and that can make your life a little brighter too (this is actually tied to depression and therapy in a way - a lot of therapists recommend volunteer work to help).

hair stylist: sweeney todd

me:

It’s okay.

If you’re a bisexual person, and you’ve only had boyfriends, that’s fine. Maybe you’ll date a girl one day, maybe you won’t.

If you’re a bisexual person who’s only had girlfriends, that’s fine too. Maybe you’ll date a boy one day, maybe you won’t.

If you’ve only dated boys, and you marry one too, you’re still bi.

If you’ve only dated girls, and you marry one too, you’re still bi.

It’s one AM and these kinda just popped into my head LETS GO

• Connor fails his suicide attempt, Zoe finds him in his room about a minute after Connor swallowed a fuck ton of pills

•Evan hears about this cause Connor is always a main source of gossip at the school

• especially for Jared

• Evan thinks about when he failed his suicide attempt and knew, at least partly, how Connor felt

• Evan, knowing he wouldn’t be able to just walk up to Connor and start talking, starts writing letters

• Dear Connor Murphy, I heard what happened and I want you to know, I failed as well over the summer

• Evan always signing them as Sincerely Me

• Connor getting the first letter five days after he leaves the hospital, two days after he goes back to school

• Connor reading it, and thinking

• maybe I’m not completely alone

• Evan writes Connor a letter every Tuesday and Thursday

• Whenever Connor ditches school he makes sure it isn’t a Tuesday or Thursday

• Evan mentions things that go on in his life, how he wishes he could stand up for himself, how he wishes he could help his mother, how he wishes he could talk to the girl he likes

• Connor starts to develop feelings for the mystery writer but ignores it cause

• A. Who would like him

• and

• B. I don’t even know who writes the letters, how the fuck can I be in love

• Evan slowly starts to make sure Connor is doing okay when ever Connor actually shows up to his math class

• Evan slowly starts to realize that he doesn’t like Zoe as much, but why?

• Evan shoots up in bed one night thinking

• Fuck. I like the school stoner

• Evan then slaps himself cause that’s not all that Connor is

• his mom hears him talking to himself and asks if everything is alright

• Evan quickly shouts back a yes, and gets back in bed, still thinking of Connor Murphy

• the last day of school before Christmas Break, Evan leaves a small gift at Connors locker and a note even though it’s Friday

• he’s surprised to see that Connor also left a gift at his locker for the mystery writer

• Evan puts it under the tree

• Heidi asks where it came from and Evan starts blushing and stuttering and mumbling about how he writes letters to Connor Murphy

• Heidi sees the light in her sons eye that hasn’t been there in years

• She bakes cookies for Evan to give to Connor

• Evan brings the cookies to the Murphy’s house, rings the door bell and runs

• Cynthia opens the door to see a plate of cookies and card saying ‘Dear Connor Murphy, have an excellent Christmas, sincerely me’

• Cynthia is super excited cause she believes that Connor has an actual FRIEND

• Cynthia takes the cookies up to her sons room

• Connor opens the door, glaring at his mother, and then he sees the cookies and the note card

• he picks it up and reads it quickly before blushing and grabs the plate, shutting his door

• on Christmas Evan opens Connors present last and is very happy to see that it’s a tree encyclopedia with a note that said ‘you always talk about how you love trees so, here’ and on the other side is a beautifully drawn tree

• CONNOR MURPHY CAN DRAW SO FUCKING WELL AND EVAN JUST MELTS AT THE TREE AND HE INSTANTLY PINS IT TO HIS WALL

• Connor opens his gift in his room, and is surprised to see two new black sweatshirts and a bottle of black nail polish, the saying ‘Dear Connor Murphy, your sweatshirts seem to have a lot of holes, I didn’t know if it was for comfort or what but I got you a new one. Oh and I really like your nails so here’s some more polish, sincerely me’ Connor actually smiles, and he feels all warm inside AND WHY DO I FEEL LIKE THIS WHAT THE FUCK

• Jared eventually finds out that Evan writes Connor letters cause he saw the tree on the wall while Evan was getting snacks and flipped it over and read the note

• he immediately asked Evan who it was from

• Evan blushes and mumbles Connor

• Jared demands a wider explanation

• he doesn’t stop teasing Evan about it

• At school Jared starts acting funny around Connor and Connor starts to freak out cause

• SHIT IS JARED THE LETTER GUY

• but he calms down for a second when Jared accidentally spills the beans

• Connor was reading another one of Evans’s notes, Jared walks up to him with a shit eating grin and says

• ‘Another love note from Evan Tree Boy Hansen I see.’

• Connor is instantly relieved they’re not from Jared

• he then freaks out cause THE CUTE QUIET DORKY NERD THAT SITS BEHIND ME IN MATH WRITES ME FUCKING LETTERS

• Connor corners Evan after school

• Evan is nervous cause he thinks Connor hates him.

• he is pleasantly surprised when Connor gives him a quick thank you before dashing off

• Connor then starts to write Evan letters on Wednesdays and Fridays. Monday’s are the chill day

• Connor finally accepts that he totally loves Evan but he still thinks that Evan could never like him that way, especially since the guy Evan mentions in his letter can’t be him

• beautiful brown hair? Nope

• gorgeous blue eyes that seem to have a hint of brown in the left one? Well yes but they aren’t gorgeous, his are hideous

• a face that was crafted by God himself? Absolutely not

• Evan starts to wonder if Connor wants to be friends with him and asks him exactly that in a letter

• Connor replies with a 'no shit’ and his phone number

• Evan was ecstatic when they hung out for the first time

• so was Connor

• and their moms

• at the end of senior year, Evan tells Connor that he has to take a gap year to save up money

• Connor decides he’s not going to college without Evan as he doesn’t know how to make friends and he was just fucking lucky with Evan

• They were hanging out at Evans house the next winter and they both had a few drinks cause what 18 year old doesn’t drink. Evan isn’t THAT innocent guys

• they both tell each other that they like one another and share a small kiss that they both have wanted for a while

• they fall asleep on the couch, holding each other

eddie: VENOM NO!!!!!!

me:

OH HONEY. OH YOU GOT A BIG STORM COMING. i’m putting this under a cut because there’s so much of it and it’s not subtle or even kind of subtext. they just flat out say:

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