Queen Caterpillar, Lord of the Underground

madi i love you

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:29:07 -0400

madi i love you

madi are you gonna be ok

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:20:28 -0400

madi are you gonna be ok

Audio

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:57 -0400

cdrsarahpalmer: really bad ripoff of this post featuring lasky...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:08:06 -0400

cdrsarahpalmer:

really bad ripoff of this post featuring lasky and halsey

i’m sorry i wanted to get SOMETHING accomplished today

GOOD

nidhoggnagar: therearecertainshadesoflimelight: expositionfair...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:53:59 -0400

nidhoggnagar:

therearecertainshadesoflimelight:

expositionfairy:

Hellfire is, to put it simply, a masterpiece. We don’t even need to look at the main lyrics to get an understanding of the genius put into this work. Listen to the Latin Chanting as Frollo sings. It is a prayer Catholics recite during mass that is an admission of guilt… so we have Frollo singing how the current situation isn’t his fault, whilst our red hooded friends are chanting ‘mea culpa’ and ‘mea maxima culpa’ (through my fault, through my most grievous fault) - showing the dual natures of humankind, religion etc… it also shows us Frollo’s mental state, obviously a precarious one as he fights his inner demons.

This song is also a parallel to Quasimodo’s earlier song Out There - both start begging for forgiveness, then grow into revealing the performers true feelings (Wanting to go to the festival and wanting Esmeralda respectively) which shows a similarity between the two which in turn shows that despite differences in appearance, status etc they are the same - which the film is showing. Regardless of appearance, if you are considered ‘normal’ or not, we are all the same.

By having this technique, it also sets the stage for Frollo v Quasimodo in their views of Esmeralda, this is emphasized by having Heaven’s Light sung and leading into Hellfire, creating another paradox of human nature and how appearance can be misleading (Quasi thinks she is angelic, Frollo thinks she is a witch… both don’t fit and are extremely exaggerated viewpoints, once again fitting the theme of appearances being a mask worn and you shouldn’t be judged on that).

On a totally separate note, another piece of genius from the music score of this film comes in the shape of ‘dies irae’ that plays whilst Frollo chases Quasimodo and Esmeralda. This translates as ‘Day of Wrath’ which is how the wicked shall be punished in eternal fire… this piece was also used whilst Frollo chased down Quasimodo’s mother. Both times he was using religion to justify his actions. Additionally, the inclusion of this results in Hellfire not just foreshadowing Esmeralda’s brush with death, but Frollo’s actual death.

He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit…

To this day I remain in unfettered awe that they actually got away with Hellfire, a chilling (not to mention unsubtle almost to the point of being explicit) sequence in which a man sings about his agonizing, sanity-destroying lust for a woman and how he plans to burn her alive if she refuses to sleep with him. It is absolutely the best part of the film, and the Genius Bonuses discussed above are just the icing on the cake.

It’s a terrifying song and one that is only more terrifying the older you get and the more you understand it.

Hellfire is easily my favorite segment in the entire film and I was never able to fully appreciate it until I was older. I remember watching it after having been part of a Catholic church choir for a few years and after taking some Latin, and I suddenly recognized all the nuances and hidden meanings in the song, so now, a song that already gave me chills had gained so much more meaning and power. Every time I listen to it, it’s a new, incredible experience

shavingryansprivates: i dont actually know what any of your icons are i just recognize the colors...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:49:00 -0400

shavingryansprivates:

i dont actually know what any of your icons are i just recognize the colors and patterns

as far as i can tell, the term “ratchet” has literally no meaning an can be used in...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:44:17 -0400

as far as i can tell, the term “ratchet” has literally no meaning an can be used in absolutely whatever context you feel like

i dont get it

risahawkeye: what if roy and riza got married and at their wedding there wasn’t a best man and no...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:41:26 -0400

risahawkeye:

what if roy and riza got married and at their wedding there wasn’t a best man
and no one asked any questions because they knew

perplexingly: Speedpainting drawn from reference

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:19:36 -0400

perplexingly:

Speedpainting drawn from reference

ok apparently im showing diane’s horse thursday i really hope she doesn’t ride him...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:09:03 -0400

ok apparently im showing diane’s horse thursday

i really hope she doesn’t ride him tomorrow im a terrible person its her horse but she fucks him up so bad :’)

cdrsarahpalmer: zeus is this A Thing in poland more...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:05:49 -0400

cdrsarahpalmer:

zeus is this A Thing in poland

more importantly: is it good

omg im a huge rhubarb fan i wish we could get it to grow well at this house ;_;

I'm compiling a list/club of gay equestrians

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:56:37 -0400

dressageatschool:

Thinking of doing features of gays at the top of the sport as well.

Reblog to be added to the page. Also so that I can message you and we can be BFFs

i dont post a whooole lot of horse related stuff here aside from rambling a little bit about work but HEY IM HERE

wolveswalkingintheforest: DSC_7022 (by Maxime Riendeau)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:55:43 -0400

wolveswalkingintheforest:

DSC_7022 (by Maxime Riendeau)

thelawofthejungle: [breathes heavily] halo 3 odst

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:39:34 -0400

thelawofthejungle:

[breathes heavily] halo 3 odst

cries huge gay ass halo fangirl tears into my huge gay ass halo fangirl hands

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:34:39 -0400

cries huge gay ass halo fangirl tears into my huge gay ass halo fangirl hands

johnismadeofawesome: idk i really wanna find out what happened with Buck and Dare and everyone from...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:14 -0400

johnismadeofawesome:

idk i really wanna find out what happened with Buck and Dare and everyone from H3 ODST after the war

cos like

at the end of the game Dare said ‘win this war, then ask me that again’ so i wanna know what happened

like did they hook up again

did they all get drafted into the Spartan IV program

Parks and Rec - 3x10, Soulmates

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:25:29 -0400

Parks and Rec - 3x10, Soulmates

Photo

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:17:15 -0400

jamsfranca: LISZTOMANIA BERE ASHLAHEA S CHKEELE GOOO LAJALR IRAA RLAJAKLJ RAA OOOOOOH NOT EASILY...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:13:07 -0400

jamsfranca:

LISZTOMANIA

BERE ASHLAHEA S CHKEELE GOOO

LAJALR IRAA RLAJAKLJ RAA OOOOOOH

NOT EASILY OFFENDED

tgi94: geekhyena: goldenevil91: edgebug: pretzel-the-hognose:...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:11:51 -0400

tgi94:

geekhyena:

goldenevil91:

edgebug:

pretzel-the-hognose:

[X]

HELLO SNAKE. I AM SNAKE TOO! WE ARE SNAKE! WHY ARE YOU NOT MOVING, SNAKE? LET ME CUDDLE YOU TO FIND OUT. SNAKE? ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? I AM CONCERNED

That’s so cute *.*

Awwwwww!

SCREAMING