Hell Yeah, Nausicaa!

Nausicaä by Louise Janin-Lopez

NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WINDS (1984)

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Promotional poster for Manson International's 1985 English adaptation of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, which was retitled as Warriors of the Wind and edited down from 117 minutes to 95 minutes.

anyway i was scrolling through my nausicaa tag to try to find a specific post and then i came across this tweet i had tagged as "kushana" and it made me snort so there you have it. the username being @notyourwaif makes this 10x funnier

it's about the anger it's about the devotion to the mother and what she represents. goodnight.

FILMS IN 2022:Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) — dir. hayao miyazaki

when are we gonna talk about nausicaä being afraid of her mother not recognizing her vs. kushana having a mother who doesn't recognize her. nausicaä's mother having eleven children and getting to the eleventh one so drained that she couldn't love nausicaä vs. kushana's mother having only one child and loving her enough to sacrifice herself for her. nausicaä growing up surrounded by kindness despite having a mother who didn't love her vs. kushana growing up surrounded by hostility despite having a mother who loved her. nausicaä's mother's first ten children absorbing the poison in her place vs. kushana's mother drinking poison in her place. nausicaä thinking that her mother's face was that of a stranger vs. kushana's face being that of a stranger to her mother. and all the possibly other 47 nausicaä/kushana parallels contained in this scene. their issues are somehow on the opposite ends of the spectrum, but still so similar. "there are some wounds that can never heal".

Uh....so I know I'm routinely MIA, but I wish tumblr had timestamps because I'd like to know what post this is referring to.....

IS THIS THE ONE?!

*nom nom nom tasty sweater*

by Hayao Miyazaki