Alexander McQueen - “SAVAGE BEAUTY” {Exhibition} #3
“There is an energetic ferocity in Gimli that the film needs. It’s often these minor characters who really have to impart a sense of energy and dynamism to a film so that the heroes can actually take their time to respond and be thoughtful and reflective.”
John Rhys Davies on Gimli
Laconic History of the World
(The most common word in every Wikipedia article titled ‘History of ____’)
Think about the person your character is today. What about them is a direct result of something from their past? What scars, and what strengths, do they carry with them? What lessons have they learned, and which mistakes do they keep repeating?
They are a result of what has…
Sokka: Hey, I thought designing “the lost Appa poster” was my job. I’ve been working all day on my Appa.
S. Ross Browne
Ummm…I am so VERY into this right now!
But Black people in period or fantasy settings totally makes the stories unreal.
Also holy shit I love these.
How come I don’t run across this stuff regularly?
Because of racism and the retroactive erasure of POC in Medieval Europe. Pretty much the same reason you almost never see these works of art either unless you’re already looking for them:
But it’s SOOOOOOOOOOO UNREALISTIC TO SEE BLACK PEOPLE IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE!!!!
/sarcasm
Oh the last picture is the cutest.
On a more relevant note, this reminds me of when people are like ‘We can’t have POC in Lord of the Rings (or whatever) because it’s unrealistic.’
OH BUT HOBBITS AND ELVES AND MAGIC RINGS AND WIZARDS ARE FUCKING REAL, RIGHT?
