“Under a new plan to prepare them for life after high school, Chicago Public Schools students would have to show an acceptance letter to a university, community college, apprenticeship, trade school, internship, orthe armed services.”
So more poor kids will join the military to ensure they get a high school diploma or they’ll be held back. *dystopia instensifies*
1. A vast empty hooded cape that you can control with the power of your mind, sending it forth from you to terrify and amaze.
2. A dress that can be whipped off by a bare-chested dancer to reveal another, more sparkly dress underneath, for those occasions when you accidentally find yourself in the Eurovision Song Contest.
3. A formal grappling-hook, for arriving at all the best parties. Make sure to have yours personalised, so that you do not arrive at the party via the same grappling hook as another attendee.
4. A khaki tank top. That is, just the swivelly bit with the gun on. The caterpillar tracks bit is probably too big for a closet but can be stored in a shed or garage until it is needed.
5. A leather jacket tanned from the tattooed hide of the last bull to cross you, as a reminder to other bulls that you will be crossing this field now, thank you very much.
6. Pumps. You will thank me for this recommendation when your boat starts to fill with water. Using buckets to bail is just tedious and may require more crew members than are left after the mutiny.
7. Pencil skirt. Never forget, wear with the pencils facing outwards. Inwards is super-uncomfortable and much less helpful in getting personal space on metro systems.
8. A dragon-proof cardigan.
9. Trousers that can be worn by a horse, in case you should meet a horse that wants trousers or that curse ever comes to fruition.
10. A good book with a light attached, so that on bad days you can just get into the closet and read without having to bother about all that clothes stuff. Make sure not to sit on the pencil skirt.
when they run across the house at full speed for no reason
when they sneak up on u and start sniffing u and their whiskers tickle u
when u close the door to keep them out of ur room and they stick their paws under the door
the little butt wiggle before they pounce on something
their tiny sneezes
when u put a bag or a towel on their head and they start walking backwards
the thing they do with their ears when they hear a loud noise
when they see something they like and their pupils get really big
when their tail gets puffy
when they do the slow blinking thing
when they look like a loaf of bread
• small meows • BIGmeows! • rolling with the paws up and looking right at you because they know you will die of cute • when they sit near you and just purr because they love to be near you and are happy • little kitty tennis noises when they are trying to catch a fly or the toy on a stick
dancing and trilling while you make their breakfast
that thing where they wanna look out the window but the blinds are down so they stick their head past them with their body sticking out
waking up with kitty snoozing on your feet
falling asleep to the mattress gently moving while kitty grooms themselves
that thing where they’re in a stalky mood and you twiddle your fingers at them and they stick exactly half their face out of hiding to look at you.
when they natter at things out the window
solemn joyous paw flexing
that sound they make when they notice you that you’re pretty sure is your name in cat language
When they pause in the middle of grooming between their hind legs and stare at you with one leg up in the air like, ‘wat’
Seriously, if you haven’t see this movie, you really, really should. There are so many great things about Megamind: anti-bullying, great female character, funny jokes, touching scenes, very detailed animation, super awesome music… The gif set above is probably my favourite thing, however: Nice Guy is the bad guy.
Yeah I’ve kinda wanted to talk about this a lot.
Megamind is the villain, the “bad guy”. She makes it clear that she doesn’t want him. He respects it and walks off. It comes up a few more times but it’s more of an “are you sure?” or “thats how it is” than any sort of demand.
Hal is the new “hero”. His crush on Roxanne turns into an immediate “You love me now because I’m a superhero!” and when she makes it clear that she doesn’t want him, his reaction is to tantrum, then destroy the city, inevitably killing people, and attempting to kill both Roxanne and Megamind.
Hal’s legitimately scary because women have to deal with behavior like his on a constant basis. Don’t be a Hal. Be a Megamind. RESPECT THE “NO”.
Unrelated, but my other favorite thing, besides the whole “villain is a Nice Guy”, is that Minion cross-dresses and Megamind is completely serious when he says “you look fantastic”. Megamind is totally cool about his best friend cross-dressing and encourages it. That’s very important.
Roxanne also is the only character that moves the story along. All the other characters are having an existential crisis. Roxanne throws things and steps up first and is just a fucking queen.
Also I am like 200% convinced Megamind is bi. BUT THATS ME NOT OFFICIAL CANON although Dreamworks has like abandoned Megamind entirely so fandom says he’s bi THE END fandom-canon is now canon fight me on this
Sometimes I think this movie came out a few years too early. Tumblr would have loved the shit out of this. This movie fucks with stereotyped gender roles and Nice Guy thinking and just augh Dreamworks why did you let go of this why why why that was the worst decision ever why
This this this THIS THIS THIS
Sums up perfectly why I love this movie. (Aside from the all the other good reasons.) ❤
Even knowing they don’t want to eat people and that they’re asleep, because this is how they sleep, the idea of floating in an empty blue void with a bunch of a giant grey slab creatures just hovering around doing nothing is pleasingly frightening on a sort of primal existential level
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