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@thewindbandit / thewindbandit.tumblr.com

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Sometimes a family is...

a lonely black cat with trust issues

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(who has to learn that sometimes it's okay to accept help)

a kind capybara that's happy to share in its luck

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(who portrays how even the most steady presence in your life might need a hand once in a while)

a good dog that just wants to be friends

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(who has to learn that sometimes making real friends means learning how not to follow bad ones)

a heroic secretarybird that faces bullies for a stranger

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(who shows how sometimes constantly fighting for the right thing can leave one exhausted to the bone)

and a kleptomaniac lemur that just wants to stare at its reflection

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(who learns how to let go of the things that don't matter and grab hold of the people who do)

#flow movie#this movie made me feels things#gif warning
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flow winning animated feature is the kind of story that's going to be taught like the boogeyman to every big animation studio's intake class for decades

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i keep thinking of this team and getting really emotional. maybe it's because of the being made in blender and kinda looking like a cutscene thing but they really remind me of when tiny indie game studios win massive and Just Can't Believe It. they came to the oscars with cufflinks of their little cat on it. they had the cat embroidered into the lining of their jackets. they posted photos of them all celebrating with their oscars at in-n-out afterwards. imagine being in an indie studio in a country that's literally never been recognized by nomination at the oscars, picking up TWO nominations for an ANIMATED film, getting flown out, decking yourselves out in easter eggs of your little guy, going "hey we may not win but holy shit latvia's at the goddamn oscars let's gooooo" and then running away with the biggest mainstream animation award there is. i'd lose my fucking mind. peace and love and joy and jubilation on planet earth

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this rules actually

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idk if anyone cares but i can confirm that the entire country is also collectively losing their minds over this

  • oscar prize together with the golden globe are going to be displayed at the national art museum for everyone to see
  • gints has gotten several โ€˜person of the yearโ€™ awards from both the country and the capital city - which is also advertised on the streets
  • thereโ€™s a giant freaking poster on the parliament building
  • thereโ€™s a statue of the kitty right in the city centre
  • thereโ€™s limited edition envelopes and stamps sold
  • thereโ€™s kids books in every bookstore, toys, merch, puzzles, BOARD GAMES
  • thereโ€™s murals in the streets
  • thereโ€™s limited edition coffee - which added gold powder to it once the oscar award was announced

and everyone is offering to do this WILLINGLY (or cashing in on the success depending on how you look at it, but really weโ€™re just excited as fuck)

this is NOT part of a major marketing scheme by the studio - none of this was around before/around the movies actual release

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I saw a video essay in which an avowed Blender fan said why commercial animation isn't done in Blender. tl;dr The money they'd save on software would be swamped by the cost of retraining staff.

The loophole is, if you're starting an animation studio (or industry) from scratch you don't have the sunk costs.

#flow movie
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hey sexy what time do you plan on being done grieving

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oh, honestly I was planning on reopening the same wounds again and again and again and again and again and again and again

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