Springloadedcoffin - Embry

El Paso Times, Texas, August 14, 1925

My piano arrangement of my favourite track from the soundtrack! The whole album is totally underrated

The older generation's fixation on forcing you to have kids is something they absolutely refuse to unlearn. You can give the calmest and most reasonable explanation for not having kids and the only thing they can think to say is, "But what of the heir to the lands?" "Who will inherit the throne?" "Please sire upon your barren death there will be a parochial schism that will soak our soils with brother-blood." They literally hate to see you happy with just a cat.

1. Garland Ironmonger is the best name I’ve ever seen.

2. I looked Mr. Ironmonger up and it turns out he grew up to be an honest to god fighter pilot.

3. COLONEL Ironmonger flew F-86 Sabres.

4. Garland Ironmonger: Sabrejet Pilot sounds like something straight out of a bad 70s sci-fi novel that I would totally read.

(source: The Newport News Daily Press, December 15, 1936.)

*sobbing* no bc you don’t understand Abuela is not a villain she’s traumatized she literally had to leave everything behind and watched people, including her own husband, die and then all of a sudden she got this miracle that literally moved the earth to create a safe haven for her so OF COURSE when she sees that the magic is in trouble she has trouble dealing with it because that’s been her stability for so long and OF COURSE when she sees it REALLY starting to weaken she freaks out and starts snapping at people because for all she knew, if they lost their magic, they could lose EVERYTHING again. The miracle LITERALLY created the mountains around their encanto, for all she knew, if the magic ran out, the mountains could have crushed them all or they would have disappeared back into the earth, it would leave them vulnerable again, and OF COURSE she still loves her family and Mirabel but of course she snaps at her bc she’s scared and doesn’t know what’s going on but she knows Mirabel is connected to it somehow and whatever it is was so bad her son LEFT and OF COURSE she pushes her family so hard to help the community because she has survivor’s guilt bc she wasn’t the only one who lost her home or her loved ones but she was the one who got the miracle so of course she feels like she has to earn it somehow and OF COURSE she doesn’t know how to help her children with their mental health bc she doesn’t know how to handle it, let alone handle her own, and it’s just so devastatingly HUMAN and I just- *ugly cries*

ok but one thing i love about goncharov is the ironic subversion of themes. like we have katya, the madonna-like character whose white palette screams of loyalty and purity, while andrey is the judas-like character whose motifs are the dagger and the poisoned cup.

but at the end, it’s katya who draws a gun on goncharov, and andrey who’s left holding his bleeding body in his arms. by having the “loyal wife” be the backstabber and the “doublecrosser” be the broken-hearted lover, scorsese subverts both biblical imagery and gender roles, and he does it in such a subtle and poetic way too, without taking away the complexity of either character. 

Traveller the ice is dark and closing in 

Wherever did you come from, what weighs you down within 

Traveller your eyes are dark and your voice is somber 

Wherever did you come from, why are you here? 

We haven’t sailed in fourteen days

The nights are getting longer. 

I’m sensing fear upon your face, I see you don’t belong here 

 Our spirits started off as great, I’m sure you did as well 

Oh traveller, before you’re dead you must your story tell

Haddon Sundblom - 1950s Pin-up Calendar illustration - Shaw-Barton Calendar Co. - Original art sold by Heritage Art Gallery 2007

We’ll never die