girls im afraid we can never go back to how it was
Fantasy High is great because none of the 6 main teens are romantically involved with each other but you’d need a full conspiracy board to properly explain whatever the fuck is going on with their parents.
Can't get over how The Boy and the Heron is haunted by napalm. Of course in the way that it haunts Mahito's trauma and dreams, but also in the fantastical imagery. The vision of his mother melting into a pool of liquid, the story of the fiery rock that dried up an entire lake upon contact, Himi entirely. The fact that the fantastical world, far from the touch of war, has an abundance of water.
References to graphic violence ahead. Firebombing wrecked Tokyo. The firebombing attacks,iirc, actually killed more civilians than the atomic bombs did. There are anecdotes from survivors about crowds of people running and trampling each other to try to escape the napalm. About people running to local swimming pools just to try to douse out the fires or escape only to find that the water of the pools completely dried up because of the heat. Of people bursting into flames in the middle of running. Of people's organs/bodies, quite frankly, melting into liquid. An account of a survivor's mother, for years after the war, pouring cups of water over her deceased daughter's grave and saying "little one, you must have been so hot."
It's subtle and I am not even sure that it was intentional, or if this was on Miyazaki's mind as he directed the art, but I can't shake off the echoes of history when I watched it.
“and while lenore dove will forever be my true love, louella is my one and only sweetheart.”
that line hits so hard when you realize how quickly he was calling katniss sweetheart. through katniss’ eyes, it seemed insincere at first, almost like haymitch was mocking her. but now we truly know haymitch wouldn’t just throw that around. he truly cared for her from the start.
god blind me for all i have seen
forgive me my faults and accept my doubts
that i might look upon the corrupted
and choose the hope and plea of restoration
god blind me for all i have said
for words ill-formed and careless thought alike
that i might bring divinity from mundane
and share my love of doubt with all the world
god blind me for all i have borne
for watching as the world comes to its end
that i might seek the wisp of endless hope
and avert calamity with mine own hands
god blind me for all i have done
for taking half lived moments of a full life
that i might live free as my own being
and choose beyond the will of my creators
the edit itself
this edit is getting taken down from tiktok every time someone reuploads it, its straight up censorship at this point
Im not even american but im having a great time with this
DONT LET THIS DIE
credit to miraculousgastropod for the original