This is too bad. The series has produced some truly fantastic fairy tale adaptations over the years. Though my grasp of German is far from perfect, I've enjoyed watching them even without subtitles.

At least it had a good 20-year run, and we'll still have Sechs auf einen Streich, as far as I know.

ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

M3 and Min3 by femtanyl

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Date Stamp by ABC

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Rn its welcome to my island by caroline polachek

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’What Are We Gonna Do Now’ by Indigo De Souza

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(another one yayyy tysm!!!) sonata for loudspeakers by unwound

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where did you sleep last night by nirvana at mtv unplugged, like was whisper-singing it to myself the moment i saw this post. the entire of this unplugged is stuck in my head, really, i cant help it @kiburebuc @atamali @maned-dog @zizithrush @qrevo (hiii)

mycelium by king gizzard!! i was midhike when i randomly got data in the middle of the woods. im back home now but i had myceilium stuck in my head when i was on that hike and checked my notifs and saw this first time

uhmmmmm @zahkeete @starfluf @captain-non-committal that should be good i think

Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan, It’s been getting stuck in my head a lot recently

@butch-dragongirl @moofahdrome @bunnyalope @toomany-matts hi all

got the fool by the overcoats stuck in my head again

tagging @mousegirlheart @dragongirltongue and @nbblacksheep

Deja Vu by Mort Garson

@wolfgirlguts @dragonboyteeth @redwyverndht yall get picked :3

Man’s inhumanity to man

@frogblast-the-ventcore @cat-mermaid

@pinkwesker @urgentkettle @viridianriver @theamazingsallyhogan

@uumumuu @darngoodmead @soul-of-spoopy @eekwinn @gnawb

@sobearwolf

Wait for Me (Reprise) from Hadestown

@amberlightwolfie @angelbvn @vakavanhasaatana @common-writers-fly-sometimes

PMMP – Rakkalleni

@amyliao @crow-with-a-hoodie @dojamacska @the-stray-snail

Mama’s Boy - Dominic Fike

@secretlyafiveheadeddragon @abirdsnest @artemis-dawn8 @princessstolas @who-could-that-be-at-this-hour

kiss me by sixpence none the richer

no pressure tags: @ven10 @free-my-boy-grumbot @alittle-crow @acesophiewalten + anyone else :]

Hope of morning by Icon for hire

(I’m a big fan of fast paced lyrics✨✨✨)

I’m tagging @lazthecat3 @weirdthoughtsandideas @eyesteeth @therearepoetshere @charlotte-fleming @drowninginredink

Bara bada bastu

(NÅÅÅÅÅJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)

I’m tagging @sapphic-squid @homosandhomies @siesporamor @turtleboi11037 @justice-for-jacob-marley

One specific parody of “Good King Wenceslas”.

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"Sir Robin the Brave" from Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

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And then the dwarfs save her life by propping her up and unwinding the ribbons with a maypole dance.

Recently I watched the 2024's German film Dornröschen und der Fluch der siebten Fee, or, Sleeping Beauty and the Curse of the Seventh Fairy.

It's a very different and unique take on the story of the Sleeping Beauty, surprising me several times.

Just for you to have an example: The fairy that changes the death curse into a sleeping curse here is an adorable, dorky young man that can change into a dog. If the sleeping curse is not broken during the determined 100 years, it will return into being a death curse. The Sleeping Beauty, here named Rosabella, appears as a ghost multiple times, guiding the Prince and the Fairy across the journey and sharing multiple moments with the Prince before he awakens her. AND THE PRINCE DOESN'T AWAKE HER WITH A KISS.

It's also that type of film where every character touches you in some way. Amon, our main fairy is ridiculously adorable, and Prince Parvus is just an eccentric and idealistic botanist who crashes multiple times with his older brother, who wants him to be more of a dashing hero. Even Rubia, our main villain, the Wicked Fairy, is much more than a Maleficent rip-off, and has a strangely touching end.

But I need to warn about the elephant in the room that may turn many people away from this film: It does use AI, especially in the backgrounds and in some special effects sequences, and it's not subtle.

This film has very surreal, dreamlike, and absolutely not natural lighting and backgrounds, and all this because the use of AI.

It's not a film without effort. The costumes of the Good Fairies, for example, are whimsically colorful. But some aspects of the production may leave a bitter taste in the mouths of some people.

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That's interesting! I remember that the motif of Sleeping Beauty appearing as a "ghost" to the prince and guiding him through the forest is not new... It has been famously used several times in stage adaptations of the story, and has been reused in poetry - and in paintings!

This very famous painting notably illustrates this motif:

I've already seen some versions of Sleeping Beauty where either the Prince sees Sleeping Beauty in dreams before he reaches the castle, or Sleeping Beauty sees the Prince in dreams as she sleeps, or the good fairy conjures up a vision of her to show the Prince. But I've never yet seen a version where she interacts extensively with the Prince and guides him as a "ghost." Yet I've wanted to see that! It would be an excellent way to solve the "problem" of the Prince falling in love with a sleeping girl whom he doesn't know.

It also sounds as if this version draws some inspiration from Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Dornröschen. That version also has the twist that if the curse isn't broken by the end of the hundred years, Sleeping Beauty and everyone else in the castle will die.

I'm slightly surprised that this adaptation exists, because it's the second time that Märchenperlen has adapted Sleeping Beauty. The first time was in 2008. That was also a creative version, with a spunky tomboy Sleeping Beauty and a science nerd Prince who tries assorted techniques and inventions to get past the briars. But it sounds as if this new version is worthwhile, because it's very different from the earlier one! I'll have to check it out.

Remembering Val Kilmer, who brought passion and depth to every role, including his unforgettable turn as Orlando opposite Patti LuPone’s Rosalind in the Guthrie’s “As You Like It” (1981–82).

Paul Hey (1867-1952), 'Der Froschkönig' (The Frog Prince), ''Märchen''. 1941 A reproduction of this book can be viewed here if you're interested.

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The late Richard Chamberlain was truly great as prince Edward, Cinderella's prince, in The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976), but let's not forget his equally great performance as the narrator in Reader's Digest: The Little Mermaid (1974).

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Someone on the BBC claimed that Darcy's quip about Elizabeth's fine eyes was actually an euphemism about her tits.

Did they give any sources? Of course not.

Was I delusional to expect any? Perhaps.

It having been a self-declared history programme, however, does make me feel like any expectations regarding fact-checking weren't exaggerated.

Ughhhh seriously?

Oh yeah that's definitely a veiled reference to her tits 🙄

Whyyyyyy? This is why you need the full quote though, it's clearly about her intelligence, not reqlly her eyes (or any other body part)

This reminds me of when I saw people speculating that Elizabeth's "headache" that makes her stay behind from the tea party at Rosings (leading to Darcy finding her alone and his first proposal) was a euphemism for period cramps.

How does that make sense? It's evident from the text that it's a stress headache caused by her rage at the reveal that Darcy convinced Bingley to give up Jane. Either that, or she fakes a headache to avoid seeing Darcy at Rosings. (I lean toward the former, but the latter can't be ruled out.)

Either way, I see no room in the text for it to be a euphemism for period cramps. Either a real stress headache or faking a headache to avoid Darcy tie into the plot, but period cramps wouldn't.

Some people just want everything to have a secret naughty meaning.

Two statements about characters can and should co-exist: Pride and Prejudice edition

Mr Bennet has a close relationship with Elizabeth and provides amusing observations on the folly of human nature BUT he is a terrible husband and father who consistently neglects the women who rely on him for absolutely everything; Elizabeth and Jane turned out so well in spite of him, not because of him.

Mrs Bennet's behaviour is understandable given the era in which she lived and the subsequent pressure she was under to get her daughters married well, which wasn't entirely for vanity reasons given that Longbourn was entailed BUT she was still fundamentally vain, ridiculous and rude; such pressure, even combined with an absent husband, still does not make her behaviour justifiable, nor her a sympathetic character, as she enabled Lydia (whose subsequent elopement with Wickham almost ruined the family) for far too long.

Mr Collins is unfairly portrayed as a middle-aged sycophant in most adaptations, rather than the young clergyman who sucks up to his patroness in pursuit of a more lucrative living that he was BUT he is still a ridiculous character who you are not meant to feel sympathy for when Elizabeth rejects him; he is rude, hypocritical and thinks of himself far too highly considering how vapid he actually is.

Caroline Bingley is often too harshly judged as a 'pick-me,' even though her relentless pursuit of Darcy is understandable given his wealth & status and how important it was for women to make a good marriage BUT she was still rude, vain and treated Jane terribly; plus she was a hypocritical snob, given the manner in which she looked down upon the Bennet family's relations despite the Bingleys' own background in trade.

Elizabeth is incredibly witty, courageous and endearing and instantly likeable which makes Darcy's slight of her at the Meryton assembly all the more of an affront to us as readers BUT, while it explains her dislike of him, she is no means perfect herself; she had far too much misplaced pride in her ability to successfully read others' characters and consequently ignored positive accounts of Darcy in favour of believing the deceitful Wickham, given her prejudice against the former.

Mr Darcy was harshly judged by Elizabeth, even though there are many more sympathetic elements to his character than immediately meet the eye BUT he was not shy or innocent; he was always a haughty rich man who had never been told no, thought far too highly of himself and, ultimately, thoroughly deserved to be rebuked and subsequently made to reform his character.

i still think its so fucking funny that the one time in rigoletto 1982 when we get a look inside rigoletto's house it's like. fairly organized and actually kind of cozy. banger kitchen situation going on here. look at those well-organized pots and the hanging meat

And then later when we get to sparafucile and maddalena's house it's this disaster frat house situation

Absolutely NO object placement in that screenshot makes sense. Its insane. Rigoletto 1982 is one of those gifts that just keeps on giving

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A William Stout illustration for the Norwegian fairy tale East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

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April is Autism Awareness month, and April 2nd is Autism Awareness day, but we need more than just awareness now. The problem now isn't that people aren't aware of autism, but that they don't accept or understand it. The ignorance when it comes to autism is staggering, especially in the medical field and in politics.

The more people have been willing to listen to autistic people, and the more autistic people put themselves into medical professions, the more factual information has come out about autism. When I was diagnosed 22 years ago I didn't know another autistic person, but now, as we've learned more about autism, more and more autistic people are being diagnosed, instead being overlooked.

I'm always happy to see more autistic creators out there being open about their lives and their realities, helping people realize the reality of autism. We're well beyond the point of just seeking awareness. People are aware. What we need now is Autism Acceptance!