Patrick Troughton (Jason and the Argonauts)—He's really good as a man beknighted by harpies whose immediate first reaction to being beknighted by harpies is to stuff as much bread down his shirt as possible. I won't mention his other roles (though im thinking about them. hard) and i just want to say everything about him is just a little guy, a tiny little little man, a man here for hopes and dreams and frivolity (but dont fuckin cross him you will get yoinked!!!!)
Giulietta Masina (La Strada, Fortunella, Nights of Cabiria)—To me, she is the DEFINITION of scrungly little guy, always, but especially in La Strada. She is hilarious, adorable and heartbreaking all in one. She was born in a wet cardboard box all alone. She is the slapstick clown woman of my dreams. She gets called an "ugly artichoke" TWICE in that film (not true, very brutal, but quite funny - she's the wife of the director too, might I add). Her face is so brilliant, no one ever emoted like she did. She is Pierrot Hot, simple as. Gif of the exact moment I fell in love with her upon first seeing this film, if you wanna include it: [link]
This is round 2 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here. Reminder that this is a movie bracket, not a TV bracket, so no TV-related propaganda will be accepted.
[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]
Giulietta:
She's Italian, isn't that enough? No? Fine. She also won two Cannes film awards and is best known for her character in La Strada, in which she played a young woman who fell in love with her captor and witnessed the cruelty of humanity, but still never really lost her child-like spirit.
Masina has a wonderful impish, scrungly quality to her that made her perfect for her iconic Sad Clown type roles. She got tons of comparisons to Chaplin (who despite being handsome, certainly *played* scrungles) and goddamn if they aren’t true. Like yes, she’s obviously beautiful when glammed up, but even in promotional photos, Masina always has this weirdo quality to her. I could see her playing a strange little goblin sidekick to Columbo as he solves a murder in Italy. Even in Nights of Cabiria, where she’s ostensibly playing an object of desire, Masina carries herself with a gait usually reserved for old crones and character actors, (which only makes her yearning for happiness more tragic!).
Patrick:
Doug: I think we're going to have to kill this guy, Shadow.
Shadow:
I should finish this.
Throwback to when I was taking a game design class and my friend @pokeblaze0238 let me make a small point and click game based off of her image.
I was really into researching mascot horror and how children's media can be twisted into really engaging horror stories.
Y'all...
The new set of audiobooks for Discworld just dropped, including Richard Coyle's narration for Going Postal, Making Money, and Raising Steam.
Can you guess what I'm doing right now?
the shadow king @ charles xavier
It's good to see my mortal enemy on Tumblr (whom I've never interacted with and who doesn't know I exist) posting more again.
I've missed the feeling I get when my lip curls up in disgust and my eyes role so violently in response to what they're reading that they get stuck in the back of their sockets.
I think it's better to be a silent hater on such people because they've proven time and again they don't care about any of their critics prespectives. At least I can take solace in knowing that unlike the person in question, I don't say the most vile things I can think of to elicit a response while attacking marginalized communities.
Twenty bucks to anyone who can tell me what GK Chesterton was talking about when he mentioned Flambeau's "spiked bracelet."
Happy New Year!!
Hello 2024, Year of the Moribund Aardvark!
*“Auld Lang Syne” plays* Happy New Year!
So sorry to keep going on about Doctor Who but I find it really interesting in the revival era (2005 onward) that it's always hammered home that the Doctor is the last of the Timelords. But it's almost never talked about that they are NOT the last of the Gallifreyan's.
Because we know that timelords are the high society dudes that went to college and are granted regenerations and all that. And yeah, when the Doc ended the Time War they destroyed all of Gallifrey, including all the regular people.
However, we seem to have forgotten the Sisterhood of Karn chilling on another planet.
They're basically the Gallifreyan equivalent to nuns and they protect the Sacred Flame and all that, but they're still around. The 12th Doctor even went to them looking for help during "The Magician's Apprentice", and they reappeared later that season in "Hell Bent."
So what I'm saying is even though Gallifrey was destroyed for the billionth time, we could have seen 13 go and hang out during the "Timeless Child" arc to try and recenter herself. Maybe 15 can go since he's so much more in tune with his past than previous incarnation.
Planning out my speech. I love yapping about my passions to a room full of captive classmates.
RIP Scotty Steele. May he be in the Great Tailand in the sky with all the femboys he can handle.
Also, they should have shown the tape on the screens behind Jesse on Easter Sunday.
Edit:
Nevermind, his wife chasing him with a gun was much better.
Terrible jokes and ramblings and OH GOD, THE PAIN! THE UNENDURABLE AGONY! (howdy)
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