it's chaotic here

SLEEPING BEAUTY 1959, dir. Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark

Darling, I have been writing and reading analysis of the source material years before you have even heard about it.

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO 1988 | dir. Hayao Miyazaki

Here is a riddle to guess if you can, sing the bells of Notre Dame: What makes a monster and what makes a man? Whatever their pitch, you feel them bewitch you, the rich and the ritual knells of the bells of Notre Dame. | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

DIRTY DANCING (1987) directed by Emile Ardolino.

some celrond for @merilles 💖

Rivendell

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings (2001) Dir. Peter Jackson

Celebrian and Arwen ✨

strangely enough this is the first time ive actually done a full jason drawing even though ive been reading about him for years

Batman: Year One by Alex Maleev after David Mazzucchelli

And this leaves open the door for hope. Instead of the tragedy of trying to escape fate and failing, the story can be about submitting to fate and being saved. Not always. Sometimes the story is that you meet your fate, but you died doing the right thing. But sometimes, refusing to take the selfish action, refusing to run means that something beyond the expectations of human reality can intervene and save you. Either way, you end the story as a hero, instead of as a victim or a villain.

You can't be willing to do anything to save people, because that means you might do things like murder dozens of children to save one woman. There has to be a line that you will not cross, no matter what, even if it's to save yourself or someone you love. You can't rely on your own power to save everyone. Even if doing the right thing seems to lead to destruction, you have to do the right thing. Submitting to fate isn't about giving up, it's about having hope. It's about refusing to do wrong and leaving open the possibility that something beyond everyday reality could save you in ways you couldn't possibly imagine. And even if you aren't saved, you haven't added to the darkness.

The Fairy Way by Margaret Winifred Tarrant