allfrogsarefriends:

professorsparklepants:

Cinderella “plot holes” I am tired of hearing about

  1. “Why didn’t her step family recognize her?” Because royal balls were basically the candle lit equivalent of clubbing in terms of both lighting and sheer numbers. Even if they were right next to her, they probably wouldn’t get a good look, especially since it would have started after sundown. Also, she was the help; they probably hadn’t looked at her in years.
  2. “Looking for someone based on their shoe size is stupid!” See above.
  3. “Was he going to have every size seven in the kingdom try the slipper on?” Prior to industrialization most garments were made by hand to fit the buyer’s measurements, including shoes. It’s why poor people only had one pair. It’s a lot smarter when you consider that they would’ve fit her like a glove.
  4. “You can’t run down stairs in heels!” I know this is a misconception resulting from historical revisionism and disneyfication, but high heels were not originally women’s shoes. They were worn by men. Women wore slippers, which were basically ballet flats. So it’s debatable.
  5. “Glass shoes don’t make any sense!” Okay first of all, it’s called the suspension of disbelief, and secondly, they’re gold in every other version but Perrault decided to change them to something else expensive.
  6. “She just went to the ball to find a man!” I know this isn’t a plot hole but listen. As the daughter of a widower Cinderella would’ve been running the household finances and acting as hostess if he hadn’t remarried. By demoting Cinderella to a servant, her step-mother essentially guaranteed that she would never escape the house, because the only way for her to escape and maintain her status was to marry well, and no one was going to marry a servant. It was essentially the historical equivalent of your mom stealing your college acceptance letters out of the mailbox.

this was not an analysis i was prepared for, i’ll tell you that

idk if youve answered this but whats your fav ford episode and why?

veusin:

definitely ddamd, it’s a treasure trove of ford information and ford’s first proper introduction

  1. it got me to fall in love
  2. i reference the transcript so often that google just knows to add “ungeons dungeons and more dungeons” when i type “gravity falls d”
  3. “don’t let it taste human flesh!!!” said so dramatically, plus ford has custom 6-fingered shock gloves, plus everyone knows he staged the whole thing because just wants to get to know his family
  4. “i’m sorry, dipper, but on the dark weird road i travel, i’m afraid you cannot follow. –well, call me for dinner!” said with such an abrupt change in tone and making for such a perfect example that i repeatedly use this single moment to check & confirm the validity of my ford characterization, time and time again
    1. “my work is far too dangerous for a single living soul to spend even one second i– wait! is that a 38-sided die from dungeons, dungeons, and more dungeons?!” like WHAT DID I SAY, this is the exhibit 1b to the exhibit 1a above
  5. “my boy, do you know what this means? we must stop everything i’ve been working on at once… and PLAY!” this says so much about him and what it says is that he’s perfect, i love him
  6. “hm. the old boy looks a bit different than he did back in my day.“ fuckign… using “my boy” and “old boy” like some sort of sherlock holmes era gentleman… what the fuck i love this weird old man’s use of language
  7. “if i rolled it, anything could happen. our faces could melt into jelly. the world could turn into an egg. or you could just roll an eight. who knows.” i love how he explains things because it prevents him from leaning too hard into the whole scientist thing he tries to have going on for himself. not once does he go on and list elements or compounds while staring at some sort of specimen; not once does he rattle on for ages using copious scientific jargon. all you need to see to know that he’s a scientist is the work he’s done and the concepts he understands; all you need to hear to know that he hasn’t quite been here for a while is his use of words. he’s just so… well-crafted. 
    1. and that’s hot
  8. dipper going “and he doesn’t make fun of me all the time” just confirms, ford is a sweet and sensitive man (who won’t hesitate to throw a punch if he needs to, but like, still sweet)
  9. “no dice! […] now, dice!” like do i even have to say a word, what a dork i love him
  10. ford stopping stan and saying “move that and pay the price” like he’s so fucking intense
    1. like i– this is why i’m fine with writing ford all passionate… emotional… sincere. he feels so genuine in his emotion that i…
    2. there’s just so much feeling in him that i can’t help but be drawn to him
  11. “your math is no match for my gun, you idiot!” i’ve said this before but, again, he offsets the typical scientist/nerd thing by just pulling out a sci-fi gun. the true thinker is dipper, who thinks everything over twice and thrice– same goes for fiddleford– and to say the same for ford is somewhat of a mis-characterization. ford will just jump right in, and in the heat of the moment you’d find he’s a mix of 2/3 rash action and 1/3 rational thought. this is also my main critique when i read ford in fanfics… but that’s a whole other discussion lol

  12. “if my hands were free, i’d break every part of your face” like this continues to be ford’s absolute hottest moment, he’s all tied up and yet he remains confident, defiant, and ready to punch,,,,,,,,truly attractive

  13. ford: boasts about his highly organized and scientific mind // also ford: gambles for a die banned in 9000 dimensions and after nearly losing his brain to an accidental roll, tells his great nephew that if he ever needs that die again– even though it could potentially KILL EVERYTHING– it’ll be right there in the basement. safe. secured by a cheap lock that stan could pick in his sleep
  14. but then ford fondly tells his great nephew to get himself to bed and all is forgiven because he loves dipper so much already and i… i love ford