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02/04/2023 02:47 PM
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Not a Phase - Robin Buckley
Not a Phase
The young teen muffled herself with her pillow, firmly wrapping it around her face, not wanting her parents to hear her anguished wails of teenage angst. Noiselessly she wept over an endless frustration that filled her, feeling her face redden and become flush with grievances. Her mind raced, asking herself "why?" over and over again as she puzzled and reflected over her newly budding and intense emotions. What was wrong with her? It was a yearning she felt deep within, a desire that she found confusing and utterly ridiculous. Screaming once more in to her pillow, the hot tears continuing to pour out from her clenched eyelids, she just wanted this feeling to go away. Why did Tammy Thompson make her feel like this?
Robin had known her more popular classmate for a good portion of her life. Having gone to the same schools since they were kids, it wasn't until Fourth Grade that they shared a class together. While they were not terribly close friends, Robin would occasionally play with Tammy during their recess sessions, or be partnered up with her when Barbra Holland, Robin's best friend, wasn't available. On rainy days, Robin would sometimes help her rescue worms by picking them up from the asphalt, and concrete, tossing them back into the grassy areas of the playgrounds. The two would remain friendly despite not having a class together again until they entered Middle School. There, Tammy ascended into popularity, while Robin fell into the cracks as an outcast, starting her on the path of her earning self title of being the "weirdest girl in Hawkins."
During this time, Robin felt her self-changing. She hated change. She found her mind wandering elsewhere from what she once dwelled on before. Her thoughts, which used to be filled with books, music, and far-off places away from Hawkins, were slowly starting to romance. At first, Robin would just brush it off. The thought of kissing disgusted Robin. Besides, she didn't find the opposite sex as appealing as her pubescent peers did. The Hollywood hunks that her fellow feminine youth made eyes at, didn't do anything for her. John Travolta, Shaun Cassidy, Scott Baio did not inspire anything remotely similar.
All through her early teenage years, she actively suppressed these feelings, not allowing them to bubble up, despite them having intense momentary flashes within. None was more intense than when she saw The Clash of the Titans for the first time. Judi Bowker as Andromeda shook something deep with in Robin. Watching The Clash of the Titans at The Hawk Movie Theater with her parents was both one of the most liberating and uncomfortable moments of her life. She was entranced, yet deeply flustered, being sandwiched between her parents, unable to hold back certain feelings any longer. Leaving the theater in a near shell shocked state finally shook Robin, forcing her to realize how truly different she was from the other girls in Hawkins. The problem was, she had no one to talk to about it.
She wasn't going to talk to her parents. In spite of how liberally minded and accepting they were, she couldn't speak to them about how she felt. She just didn't have that kind of relationship with them. She didn't have Barbra anymore, as Barb ditched her for that prissy nerdy girl, Nancy Wheeler. Her new friends, The Odd Squad, Kate Shippen, Milton McQuown and Dash Montague didn't connect with her on the same level. She felt like an outsider in her own band of outsiders. She would have to continue to just bottle up these desires. No one could possibly understand her. If anyone would know, in her mind, she would become more of a pariah. No one could ever know how she truly felt. She would continue to repress her hormonal desires, focusing on her other interests, bands, languages, and of course, her books. Her repression would become increasingly harder after that summer entering into her freshman year at Hawkins High.
Freshman year is when she would become reacquainted with Tammy Thompson. It was the first day of school, second period, English 101, and Robin had arrived early for Mr. Hauser's class. As she patiently waited at the front of the class for it to begin, Robin had her nose buried in The Great Gatsby, scoffing and rolling her eyes at several passages. It was then that Tammy entered. Letting her blue gaze lift from the terribly written words, they locked on the strawberry blonde. She could feel herself become flush and instantly nervous. What was happening to her? Why again and why now? The awkward teen only felt more awkward as the year progressed as she found herself daydreaming of her raspberry-scented peer when her mind was bored. This was bad. She once again had no one she felt comfortable enough around to talk to about it. She had to bottle this up and keep her feelings hidden. No one can know. Everyone would torment her. She knew she would be ostracized from her middle American, poduck town.
Robin hated living this seemingly dual life, her secret self and her public self. She felt it was necessary, if she wished to survive Hawkins. This only served to desperately fuel her desires to run far away from Hawkins more than ever. Sure, she had talked about it with Barb when they were kids, daydreaming of going somewhere new or exciting, but now it was a true desire. Maybe Europe? She read they were very progressive there. She was already studying French, was fluent in Spanish, and was learning Italian in her spare time. Seemed to be the best and most logical choice to run away to, to allow herself to feel and be her true self. Her parents would be okay with it, maybe.
Richard and Melissa Buckley were pretty easygoing parents. Some would call them hippish or maybe free-spirited. They never really put a lot of restrictions upon their only daughter. Robin never really gave them much reason to anyway. She ate her vegetables, went to bed at a decent hour, and was never overtly disrespectful. They would be cool with her leaving abroad, right? They're always telling her to follow her heart and actively encouraged her interests. They would be cool with it, she rationalized to herself.
"Robin!" called out her mother's voice bringing Robin back to reality. She lifted her face from her tear-stained pillow.
"Y-yeah, Mom?" she called back, doing her best to disguise her voice so it didn't sound like she had been sobbing herself to exhaustion. Her freckled nose dripped as she sniffled, catching her breath.
"Dinner's almost done! I made your favorite!" her mother replied in a sweet almost dream-like tone. Maybe she was high again. It was hard to tell, as her mother always had an airy way of speaking. "Sloppy joes!"
Robin rubbed her face in a sore attempt to dry away her tears and took several deep breaths to settle herself. "Cool," she muttered, her words laced with forced enthusiasm. It hasn't been her favorite dish in many years. The Buckleys weren't rich, so whatever was cheap and easy was always on the menu. "I'll get . . . uh . . . cleaned up now."
She stood still for a brief moment, gathering her energy to manifest a calmness to mask her anguish. Her parents could never know their little genius was struggling with herself, wrestling two halves of her own self that could never be one.
"Oh cool! Sloppy joes!" she could hear her father's enthusiastic exclamation from the other room. "My favorite!"
Once she found her mask of calm, she opened the door to her room, a disingenuous smile plastered across her lips so that there were no questions, and she immediately went to the bathroom to splash her face with cold water to hopefully hide the remaining evidence of her grief. Hopefully the cool water will calm her glassy tear-ridden eyes and bring her complexation back down a few shades to her usual paleness. This would become a routine she would become accustomed to, because no one could ever know.
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08/25/2022 03:40 PM
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Disney Project 1: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the first film produced by the Walt Disney Productions which would later become the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Based on the Germanic fairytale originally published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812, it was directed by William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen with David Hand serving as supervising director. It was released on the 21st of December, 1937 at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles, California and was the first full feature length animated film produced and released in the United States. It is not, however the first ever as that honor belongs to either Émile Reynaud’s Pauvre Pierrot (1892), Émile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie (1908), or J. Stuart Blackton’s Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906). There has been some debate between these three films due to each film's own animation techniques and what is or is not considered to be such. Pauvre Pierrot's because it was the first film to employ hand painted imagery, Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, as it was animated via stop motion and Fantasmagorie as it is the only one to be truly hand drawn and animated by frame.
Walt E. Disney, having founded The Walt Disney Company in October 16, 1923 after his first studio, Laugh-O-Gram Studio went under, was no stranger to being a pioneer in the field of animation. He previously created history with his character of Mortimer "Mickey" Mouse, who debuted in the cartoon short co-directed with his partner Ub Iwerks. Steam Boat Willie. Steam Boat Willie was the first cartoon to not only feature synchronized audio, but to also have a fully post-produced soundtrack as well which made it the most popular cartoon of it's time. After producing several of the Micky Mouse and Silly Symphonies short subject cartoons, Disney intended on making history again by making a fully feature length, cel animated production.
Excited by this never before attempted endeavor, early in the year of 1934 Disney gathered his entire studio staff and reenacted what would later become the basis of the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Later that year in June Disney announced his project to the New York Times, and the Hollywood public at large would begin to refer to this grand project as "Disney's Folly." The Hollywood public at large did not believe in it, often citing inaccurate medical reasoning for people's eyes being able to withstand staring at a cartoon for such a length of time. The initial proposed budget of $250,000, which was roughly about 10 times the usual budget of one of the Mickey Mouse or Silly Symphonies shorts, was also lambasted, as creating such an expensive cartoon was unheard of. The film, however, overall would eventually cost Disney $1,488,422.74, making it one of the most expensive films of it's time. Adjusted for inflation, it would have costed $30,249,608.12 today in 2023, which is only a fraction of the cost of Disney's most recent release of Strange World's, which costed the company an estimated $130 million to $180 million.
During it's production Disney would mortgage his own home as well as take several loans from several different banks to cover the production costs, which made it one of the most financially risky films of it's time, thus perpetuating the disbelief in the film by Hollywood at large. The banks, however, were a little more confident. Joseph Rosenberg, an executive of Bank of America at the time, was screened a rough cut of the film during the latter end of production when Disney needed more money to finish the film. After viewing it, he said to Disney, “Walt, that thing is going to make a hatful of money,” and approved the final loan needed.
The initial story for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs began on On August 9, 1934 through a series of story meetings in which Disney suggested his staff see a variety of films, including obscure European expressionist films, for inspiration. Many of these films would later influence specific scenes or gags, such as Romeo and Juliet (1936) for the funeral scene or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) for the Evil Queen's transformation into the old witch. Staff writer Richard Creedon's initial story notes, later compiled and titled "Snow White Suggestions" would later be the basis of outlying the principle characters as well as principle "gags" and story elements. Overall, during the whole process Creedon as well as Ted Sears, Otto Englander, D*ck Rickard, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Dorothy Ann Blank and Webb Smith would all be credited as writing the final film. The story itself during that process though would change drastically from draft to draft as well as start the now Disney tradition of simplifying and removing darker elements from the original story in which it was being adapted from.
One of the first story treatments was a more comedic take on the original fairytale with initial storyboards and scripts featuring several jokes and endless series of visual gags. Several early drafts featured a plump, and cartoony version of the Evil Queen, who would animate dancing skeletons and fail her attempts on Snow White's life in comedic fashions. They would also feature a clown like Prince who would be captured by the Queen with an attempted forced marriage between the two. Initial drafts also followed the seven dwarfs, who at the time were all unnamed who also went through several characterization changes, as the main focus of the story. Eventually the story's was later shifted to the relationship of that of Snow White and her step-mother and started to become a more serious adaption due to Disney's own concerns that such a comedic approach wouldn't make for a plausible or worthwhile film.
The titular dwarfs went through several changes during the preproduction and story process. During the initial writing processes it was suggested that the previously unnamed dwarfs would receive their own distinct personalities and names as neither was given in the original Grimm tale. There were nearly fifty possible names suggested during the development meetings, including but not limited to Deafy, Dizzey, Hickey, Wheezy, Baldy, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Swift, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Tubby, Shorty, and Burpy. Eventually, during all the story meetings, the names and personalities of Doc, Grumpy, Bashful, Sleepy, and Happy were finalized and developed with the final two being named Jumpy and "Seventh." The latter two would eventually become Sneezy and Dopey, respectively, during the end of the story development process.
Several story elements of the original Grimm fairytale were altered. Some of the major changes include Snow White's initial prologue providing her childhood of abuse by her step-mother, as well as her mother's death after the princess' birth, in which she pricks her finger on a needle to wish her daughter to grow up to be beautiful with skin as white as snow, lips as red as rubies, and hair as black as ebony. This would later explain why she is the "fairest in the land." Snow White's age in the original tale is defined as being of seven years old. The Disney film would later change this to fourteen as it was felt that she would be more relatable.
The Queen's attempted cannibalism was also dropped from the adaption, as she eats the heart of the boar in the original tale, which she is told to be Snow Whites, brought to her by her Huntsman as well as the lungs and liver. The attempts on Snow White's life were also altered, as in the original story it is initially a poisoned bodice and a poisoned comb offered to Snow White before the poisoned apple. All of which were thwarted by the dwarfs who came home and to Snow White's rescue just in time, aside from the final attempt with the positioned apple. The only reason the final attempt was successful was because a piece of the poisoned apple would lodge itself in Snow White's throat before the dwarfs could reach her in time.
The original ending is also drastically changed for many obvious reasons. The Prince who would later wake the sleeping Snow White had never met her prior, in the original tale. He instead randomly finds the glass cased coffin in the woods that was fashioned by the dwarfs and offers them whatever they want for the dead girl. After this, while his servants are moving the coffin the apple comes dislodged and she wakes. He immediately declares his love for the seven year old Snow White, and proposes to her. Her step-mother is then later invited to the wedding, in which she is forced to wear iron slippers fresh from the fire and then forced to dance until she drops dead.
Once the main story was settled, Disney would gather his lead animators and directors and start production on the film. This film would establish Disney's core animators, Les Clark, Marc Davis, Oliver "Ollie" Johnston, Frank Thomas, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimble, Eric Larson, John Lounsbery and Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman who would all later come to be known as the Nine Old Men. Unlike modern Disney animated productions, each animator was in charge of animated sequences instead of specific characters. Each was assigned these different scenes based on their animation strengths. Disney also encouraged his animators to contribute to the overall story by offering five dollars, or the equivalent of over 101 dollars in 2023, for every "gag" that would make it into the final film.
During the animation, Arthur "Art" Babbitt one of Disney's animators at the time, began to hold "classes," starting with roughly seven other animators in his home in the Hollywood Hills. He would hire a model and they would all draw and sketch the model in attempts to hone their still to animate human anatomy, as it was a concern that the animators could not realistically animate the human form. The weekly held classes would grow and would later come to be known by Disney himself and he would offer Babbitt studio space, supplies and to hire the models himself. Babbitt continued to lead the classes until Don Graham, an instructor at the Chouinard Institute was hired to take lead. These classes, though described as "a brutal battle" between the animators, proved to be beneficial as many of the inhouse animators had no formal training, and may of whom were newspaper cartoonists prior.
Live action footage of actors portraying Snow White, the Prince and the Evil Queen were also shot as reference for the actors to animate the characters in a realistic manner. Though it was preferred not to, some scenes, however, with the Prince and Snow White together was animated using the process of rotoscope. This process is where the scene is animated with the footage of the actors being traced over to follow the actor's movements as apposed to it being freely drawn and animated.
During the ink and coloring process, it was proving to be a difficult task of realistically coloring Snow White and the Evil Queen's faces. Helen Ogger, who was one of the "ink and paint girls" as well as a animator discovered a method using a small piece of cotton wrapped around a tipple pencil to paint each individual cel. It was a time consuming process that was used on a lesser scale in the future Disney productions of Pinocchio and Fantasia until Ogger left the studio, as no one else had the skills required to do it.
During the transition of the dwarfs becoming not the main focus of the film, several planned gag sequences were cut. Some of these sequences were already partially animated before their removal from the film. There was a scene in which the dwarfs build a bed as a gift to Snow White, as well as another scene where the dwarfs sing and drink soup that she prepared for them. Both scenes were to be animated by Kimbal, one of the aforementioned lead animators, which prompted him to almost walk from the film and the Disney Animation Studio entirely. Disney was able to persuade and retain Kimbal by promoting him to supervising animator of Jiminy Cricket in the next planned feature, Pinocchio, which later released in 1940.
Though no one animator was truly in charge of a single character, Grim Natwick who was hired during this time, was tasked almost exclusively to animate Snow White. Natwick had previously designed Betty Boop for Fletcher studios and had already proven himself as a capable animator of the female form. Snow White's original depiction was very much so a caricature of the female form and heavily resembled elements of Natwick's Betty Boop. However, as the film's style became more serious, she too became more realistic. One of her earlier conceptual designs had her as a blonde instead of her signature brunette hair.
Marge Champion portrayed Snow White's live action reference model and would later go on to perform for other live-action reference footage reference for other subsequent Disney films. During her filming, Champion was originally made to wear a football helmet under direction of Hamilton Luske to make her head appear larger for the animators to reference. This lasted all but five minutes as she found the helmet to be to difficult to perform with. Snow White has since gone on to be reimagined and used in various other Disney related projects including the ABC series Once Upon a Time, and Disney's original film series, Decedents.
Adriana Caselotti was cast as the voice of Snow White, and was a relative unknown and did not have many credits to her name before or after. She was the first female voiceover artist to be inducted as a Disney Legend in 1994. Snow White would later be voiced by several other actresses in other Disney projects. These actresses include Jane Powell, Ilene Woods (who also voiced Cinderella), Dorothy Warenskjold, June Foray (who also voiced Lucifer in Cinderella), Mary Kay Bergman, Carolyn Gardner, Melissa Disney, Katie Von Til, and most recently by Pamela Ribon in Ralph Breaks the Internet. There was some controversy in this, however. Although Caselotti was the go-to voice for Disney until her death in 1997, she would often be replaced by one of the other previously mentioned actresses for a variety of reasons. One of which was Bergman, who was hired in 1990 by Disney to voice Snow White when Caselotti was unavailable, was unaware she was unofficially replacing Caselotti. This remained unknown until Caselotti heard the voice of Bergman coming from Snow White during an award for best animated short subject after having previously recording the exact same lines for this presentation. This caused the Disney company many complaints, to which Jeffrey Katzenberg had to apologize publicly to Caselotti, and Berman was not allowed to publicly or professionally claim voicing Snow White until after Caselotti's death.
The design of the Evil Queen was inspired by several different women from contemporary films. One example is Helen Gahagan from the 1935 film She, as well as Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Gale Sondergaard. It is also thought that a statue of Uta von Ballenstedt outside the Naumburg Cathedral may have influenced her costume designs as there are many striking similarities. Lucille La Verne was cast as the Evil Queen/Old Hag in an uncredited role for her final film performance before her passing in 1937. The Evil Queen and her alter ego of the Hag has since been voiced by Eleanor Audley, June Foray Janet Waldo, Eda Reiss Merin, Louise Chamis, Susanne Blakeslee (Who has voiced other Disney villainesses), and most recently by Tress MacNeille as the Old Hag for The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse. The Queen's name according to original scripts was Grimhilde. It is, however, never mentioned in the film or any subsequent media as all later depictions would only refer to her as "The Evil Queen."
Though designing the dwarfs was relatively easy for the animators, as thy were given much more freedom than with the human characters, they found it hard to realistically animated them alongside their realistic counterparts. Perce Pierce, one of the storymen, was one of the more active members in their development. Armatures were constructed for each of the Seven dwarfs to give reference for the animators. Animator Vladimir Tytla suggested that the dwarfs should swing their hips while the moved, while animator Fred Moore suggested that they should move quicker than their Human compatriots to keep up with their movements. Maquettes and armature statues were constructed as reference material for each dwarfs to ensure consistency between all the animators.
Doc was not originally slated in the 1935 story outlines, but would be added later as the dwarfs themselves were finalized. Disney himself said that Doc's flustered personality should be such that he never quite knew where he is without one of his fellow dwarfs reminding him. Radio Comedian Roy Atwell, who used stammering in his act as well as specializing in mix-up language was cast as the original voice for Doc. He has since been voiced by Stan Freberg, Pinto Colvig, Jim Cummings, André Sogliuzzo, and Bill Farmer. Colvig, who voiced Doc in 1941's 7 Wise Dwarfs, an educational short produced by Disney to lean about war bonds during WWII, was originally cast in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Grumpy, Sleepy and the hiccupping Dopey. Grumpy has subsequently been voiced by Hal Smith, Corey Burton and Maurice LaMarche. Sleepy has also been voiced by Smith, Farmer and Stephen Stanton.
Otis Harlan was originally cast to voice the dwarf Happy. Happy, ironically was originally going to be depicted as a comically tragic character in some earlier drafts before being developed into his now well known happy-go-lucky personality. Happy has since been voiced by Freberg, Kevin Schon, Stephen Stanton, and Kevin Michael Richardson. Scotty Mattraw was originally cast to voice Bashful and has since been voiced by Freberg, Jeff Bennett, Billy West, Paul Rudish and Tony Galla. Sneezy was originally voiced by Billy Gilbert with additional voice work by Jimmy MacDonald. Later he would be voiced in other projects by Freberg, Will Ryan, Bob Joles and Scott Menville.
Until very late in the stages of pre-production, Dopey was just called "the Seventh," and unlike the other dwarfs, his personality was not finalized until very late in production. His movements were inspired by comedian Eddie Collins, who himself was filmed performing actions as reference material for the character. Mel Blac was originally cast to voice Dopey until it was decided he would be mute to not overload the audience with characters. Though mute, MacDonald would provide some voice work. Dopey would later be voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, Russi Taylor, Frank Welker and Andrew Laing in various later Disney projects.
The Prince was found to be the most difficult to animate of all the characters in the film. Due to this, his role in the film was severely cut, only appearing in two scenes to bookend the film. In earlier drafts, the Prince was meant to be locked in the dungeons and would attempt to escape from the Queen's castle in a similar style of Errol Flynn with woodland creatures guiding his horse to Snow White in the end. All of this was abandoned when Snow White and the Evil Queen's relationship took to the story's main focus. In the comic adaptation released to promote the film would later include these scenes, as well as the Queen telling him she will win his affections. Another sequence dropped form it's original conception was during the "Someday My Prince Will Come" depicted Snow White and the Prince dancing in clouds among star-like creatures. This idea would later be re-conceptualized and repurposed for Sleeping Beauty. Henry Stockwell was cast to voice him in the film. Jerry Hitman, James Arnold Taylor and Michel Musso would later voice him in subsequent projects.
Wollie Reitherman was tasked with animated the sequences with the Mirror, which he found to be quite difficult, as he preferred expressively comedic characters such as Goofy. Ritherman animated the mirror nine separate times before he and Disney were satisfied with the finish product. To achieve the Mirror's animation Ritherman would only animate half of the mirror's face, then flip the image and trace it on another sheet of paper to achieve the symmetrical look. This effort to keep the face completely symmetrical is almost lost on film due to the smoke and other additional effects placed upon the mirror. The mirror was voiced originally by Moroni Olsen with subsequent voice work done by John Hiestand, Charles Hall, Tony Jay, Patrick Stewart and Corey Burton.
Stuart Buchanan was cast to voice the Huntsman. Marion Darlington and Purv Pullen were cast to provide the whistles of the birds. Last but not least, Jimmy MacDonald provided any of the additional voice work, including the yodeling in "The Silly Song."
Frank Churchill and Larry Morey composed all the musical numbers as well as much of the score of the film with Paul J. Smith and Leigh Harline composing some of the incidental music score tracks. The Disney Company at the time did not have it's own in house music publishing company, so the score and soundtrack was published through Bourne Co. Music Publishers. Bourne Co. would go on to publish many of the subsequent Disney film soundtracks and scores putting them in ownership of the distribution rights. Bourne Co. would eventually sell back the publishing rights to all Disney films they produced except Snow White. To this day they still retain the publishing rights to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
The album Songs from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (with the Same Characters and Sound Effects as in the Film of That Title) was released in January of 1938 and was the first commercially issued soundtrack album. It has since been remastered and re-released several times after with the most recently being released in 2006 featuring 26 score and musical tracks. It has yet to receive a Legacy Collection remaster release, more than likely due to the fact that the publishing rights are still being owned by another company. The original album also released two songs not originally in the film, "Music in Your Soup," meant to accompany the aforementioned removed soup eating scene and "You're Never Too Old to Be Young," which was replaced by "The Silly Song" in the final film. A collection of three single albums were produced featuring the tiles "With a Smile and a Song," "Dig-a-Dig Dig/Heigh Ho," "I'm Wishing/One Song," "Whistle While You Work," "Dwarfs' Yodel Song," and "Some Day My Prince Will Come." Each single became a top 10 hit in February 1938 following their release.
The single "Some Day My Prince Will Come" has since become considered a standard of jazz missions after it's release. It has been covered and performed by many well known artists including Buddy Rich, Oliver Jones, Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Melody Gardot, Barbra Streisand, Anastacia, Ashley Tisdale, Drew Seeley, The Cheetah Girls and Tiffany Thorton. It also been the titular song for albums by Miles Davis (1961), Wynton Kelly (1961), and Alexis Cole (2009). It has been ranked as the 19th greatest film song of all time by the American Film Institute .
When the film finally premiered, it was met with a standing ovation as well as high critical and commercial praise. After it's initial premier it was released by RKO Radio Productions to the general public on February 4, 1938. It earned $4.2 million upon it's initial release and became the most successful film of all time until Gone with the Wind in 1939. It then released internationally in September of 1938, earning an additional reported $7,846,000 by the end of it's original theatrical run. There had since been several theatrical re-releases of the film, as was the industry practice at the time, in 1944, 1952, 1958, 1967, 1975, 1983, 1987 and finally in 1993. These re-releases have earned a lifetime gross of $418 million adjusted for inflation, which making it one of the top 10 highest grossing films of all time, and the highest grossing animated film of all time.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was nominated for Best Original Score at the 10th Annual Academy Awards, but lost to One Hundred Men and a Girl produced by Universal Studios. The following year at the 11th Annual Academy Awards Walt Disney was given an Academy Honorary Award for "significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field." The award itself is a uniquely designed full-sized Oscar statue followed by seven smaller replica Oscars and was presented to Walt Disney by Sherly Temple. The American Film Institute has named it the number one animated film of all time, and the number 49th (later updated to 34th for their anniversary listing) greatest film of all time. Snow White herself has also been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1987 on the 50th anniversary of the film's release. She is the first fictional female character to receive this honor, and the third fictional character overall, only behind Mickey Mouse and Buggs Bunny, respectively.
Due to the Disney Company's initial strict policies on theatrical and home releases following the invention of VHS and Betamax in the 1970s, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was originally one of the Disney films considered to never be released for home viewing, thus leading to the creation of "The Disney Vault." As time went on and home releases were beginning to be considered more profitable than theatrical re-releases. It was finally released for home viewing on October 28, 1994 on VHS and Laserdisc kicking off the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection. This release has since reported selling over 25.1 million copies and over $430 million in sales. It would once again be released October 9, 2001 on DVD and for the last time on VHS, once again as the flagship release for the Platinum Collection. It released for the first time on Blu-ray and for a final time on DVD in October 6, 2009, once again starting a new collection of home releases, The Diamond Edition series. It has most recently once again being the flagship release for the Signature collection of Blu-ray disc and digital copies on February 2, 2016. Due to the subsequent home re-releases, and continues to be one of the highest grossing films for the Disney Company to date.
The film had also been adapted for a Broadway style musical in 1969 by Joe Cook with additional original songs written by Jay Blackton and Cooke who both also worked on the original film's music. The musical originally opened at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri and was repeated there again in 1972. It would be later revived for Radio City Music Hall on October 18, 1979. It closed after 38 performances for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. It would later go on tour from January 11, 1980 until March 9, 1980 with a total of 106 performances during it's tour. A VHS and Betamax recording of the musical was released in 1981.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has become one of the most recognizable and merchandisable Disney properties. It's characters and logo has since been seen on a variety of products including dolls, collectable figures, board games, apparel and more earning well over $100s of millions for the company. A Game Boy Color video game adaption was released in 2001, and Snow White appeared in Kingdom Hearts for the PlayStation 2. The Dwarf Woodlands also appeared in the PSP spinoff title Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep.
Since the opening of Disneyland, Snow White has had a presence in some form in every Disney Park constructed to date. Additionally Snow White and all seven dwarfs have been staples as walk around characters since opening day. The costumes originally used for opening day were repurposed costumes once used for Ice Capade performances to cut costs of building completely new costumes. These costumes were hastily brought in and were worse for wear, falling apart and looking quite nightmarish in some cases. Thankfully appearances since used newer and original costumes being updated every few years to keep up with the ever changing technologies and costume designs. It is also notable that some of the dwarf's costume colors represented by the walk around characters do not reflect their film accurate characters. This was done to provide the characters with some diversity in coloring so that they did not appear flatly colored against each other.
Snow White and Her Adventures was one of the original dark rides in Fantasyland open when Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955, designed by Claude Coats and Ken Anderson both of whom were part of the film's original design team. The original ride featured ride vehicles appearing as hand-carved benches designed to look like the dwarfs' furniture. These would later be replaced in the 60's to the four person carts that they are today. Unlike the other dark rides operating at Disneyland during the opening days, the ride did not feature nearly as many elements from the film for the rider to experience. Many complaints were filed as many guests were confused why Snow White did not appear in her own ride. It was never stated, but implied like many of the dark rides that first opened with Disneyland, that the rider was meant to take on the role of the protagonist. There were also complaints about how scary the ride was for younger children. This eventually prompted minor fixes, such as the inclusion of a Snow White figure as well as some of the scarier elements toned down.
The ride would stay that way until 1983 until the Fantasyland portion of the Disney Land Park was shut down for renovation. It was then renamed as "Snow White's Scary Adventure" to emphasize the scarier elements that still resided within the ride. The ride now offered a narrative with many new show scenes from the film as well as many newer figures of the film's characters and a lighter tone breaking up some of the more scarier elements from the previous incarnation. It would be once again updated in 2021 and renamed to "Snow White's Enchanted Wish," once again toning down the scarier elements, and giving a more satisfying ending to the ride's narrative and offering a more balanced experience with updated figures and show scenes. Some version of this ride has been present in nearly every Disney Park in some capacity. The Magic Kingdom's version, however, has been closed and demolished in favor of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train rollercoaster in it's reconstructed Fantasyland.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of the few earlier Disney Princess films not to have a sequel or a prequel film dedicated to it. A computer-animated prequel produced by DisneyToon Studios simply called The Seven Dwarfs was once in production. It was originally pitched by Director Mike Disa and screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos about the origins of how all the dwarfs meet. It was also to show how the Evil Queen took the throne, with Dopey witnessing the Good King's death, thus resulting in his loss of voice. John Lasseter would cancel the project after becoming the new Chief Creative Officer when Disney officially purchased Pixar in 2006.
A different prequel cartoon focusing on the titular dwarfs, The 7D, did however, get produced and premiered on Disney XD in 2014. It lasted for 2 seasons with 44 episodes containing two story segments each and focused on a re-imagined version of the seven dwarfs and their adventures prior to the film's events. The show starred a variety of well known voice actors, most of whom previously worked for Disney in one project or another as well as celebrity guest voices for various minor or reoccurring characters. It aired during the Disney Junior block of programming and later aired on the Disney Junior channel itself in 2015.
In October of 2016, a live-action adaptation was announced, following suite with the other classic Walt Disney Animation films being adapted similarly. Erin Cressida Wilson wrote the initial script with Greta Gerwig doing the rewrites. Mark Webb has taken the to the director's seat with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul writing new songs for this new film. Filming was originally meant to take place during 2020, but due to the outbreak of COVID-19 the production was pushed back. June 22, 2021 Rachel Zegler's casting as Snow White was announced with Gal Gadot's casting as the Evil Queen finalized November of that same year. Andrew Burnap was then later announced as being cast as new character Jonothan in January of 2022. Martin Klebba was also cast as Grumpy with Dujonna Grit in an unnamed role. The film has not even come out and already sparked controversy. Peter Dinklage criticized Disney for the continue use of dwarfs in light of the celebration of casting a Latina actress as Snow White. In response to his comments, Disney stated they wish to avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film and removed the dwarfs form the film entirely, changing them now to "unspecified magical beings." The upcoming film has now been retitled to just simply "Snow White." It is unknown if Klebba and Dujonna are still attached to the film as of writing this. Aside from the other principle cast, the only other listed performers are background dancers.
Overall, in my opinion, while one of the most important animated features ever produced, I personally find many of the film's elements outdated and uneventful. The story to me has always felt very bare boned, and Snow White unremarkable and boring as well as and especially so the Prince. With that being said, however, the music I have always found very entertaining and a signature of classical Disney musicals. Saying that though I will once again admit that I find some of the tracks to be rather forgettable as I am often surprised as to how many musical numbers there actually are. I only ever remember three, which is nearly half of what are actually in the film. "Some Day My Prince Will Come," and "High-ho" will always remain iconic Disney tunes and some of the greatest Disney songs, in my opinion.
The dwarfs are the most entertaining aspect of the film. Their segments are the most visually appealing and the virtually the only entertaining parts of the film. I feel as though they truly could have starred in their own spinoff cartoon segments much in the vein of the Silly Symphonies or "Starring Micky" cartoons of the era. Though I have not seen the re-imagined spinoff, I don't feel they could have done the original character's justice as those characters are iconic as is. Part of me is curious as where the canceled computer-animated project could have gone, though I am skeptical I would be satisfied with those depiction either. Dopey has been a personal favorite of mine for many years. His physical comedy has always been a particular draw for me as I had always found myself attracted to sillier and zany comedic relief type characters.
The Evil Queen is absolutely iconic. Nothing much beyond that needs to be said. Her very existence has spawned an entire film archetype that is still being emulated and explored in film today. I was never much a fan of the villains when I was a child, but as I have grown older I have come to appreciate the villains, especially in Disney films, exceptionally so. The way she relishes in her evil is so entertaining and the way she commands each scene is an absolute delight. I know I just said previously that the only the scenes containing the dwarfs are the only visually stunning, I take that back. The Queen's transformation into her disguise as the Old Hag is incredibly animated and a visual feat within itself. While not one of my more favorited Disney Villains, she does remain to be one of the major draws to this film.
Though this one remains quite low on my Disney Animated tier list, I do find it is a worthwhile watch for any film buff and especially so for an animation enthusiast as it is one of those films that completely broke the mold and changed the way people looked at film.
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05/24/2021 02:50 PM
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Sh*t Post: The Sh*tening
Sh*t Post: The Sh*tening
"EXCUSE ME! OUT OF THE WAY!" Gwen shouted as she pushed past everyone in this thread. Sweat dripped beneath her mask soaking her face as the intensity grew. She was almost in tears it hurt so much. "I AM DYING MOVE!"
Finally reaching the door on the other side she flung it open gazing at the beautiful site before her. It was a holy grail for her in this moment as she gazed upon the porcelain throne and she wept. But someone else occupied her destined seat. It was none other than Red Skull, sitting there texting on his phone and checking out dank Spongebob memes, squarely pulled around his ankles. He looked up shocked as he realized he forgot to lock the door.
"Mein Gott!" he exclaimed, "Get out!" He had clearly been sitting there a while, his legs numb from losing circulation as he spent too long sitting. Gwen's pleased expression turned to utter horror as she couldn't wait for the head of Hydra to finish his internet sh*tposting.
"NO YOU!" she shouted as she grabbed Red Skull by his stupid shirt and dragged him out of the bathroom with his pants dangling from around his ankles. "I NEED THIS!" She then slammed the door on his stupid face, leaving him in a crumpled mess before the door and making sure to lock it. It was about to get real. Dancing as she removed every weapon from her person and piling the contraband by the sink she realized that she didn't know how to remove her one piece outfit.
"WHY ME?!" she pleaded hoping some deity would respond to her pleas. Removing her gloves as she frantically felt around her costume looking for a snap, zipper, or anything to remove this pantless monstrosity so she may use the facilities. her hands finally found a clasp on her back and she readily undid it, letting the pink and white jumpsuit fall to her feet as she pulled down her kitten printed panties and sat her cheeks upon the coldness of the toilet's seat.
"Oh my GOD!" she cried as it felt like a million explosions were bursting out from her anus. It was as if someone took her asscheeks and set them to rapid fire. She cried real tears as her bowels emptied into the bowl beneath her buttocks. Her entire body was pained by the sin that was escaping her tuckus.
"Please STOP!" she pleaded as she could feel herself sh*tting her brains out and filling the room with the foulest stench that this Earth has ever experienced. She gripped the edges of the toilet seat, firmly holding herself sternly upon the toilet for as the longer she shat the more she felt like her buns were going to take off like a sh*t-filled rocket about to blast her to the moon. Her initial happy tears soon turned into ones of horror as the evil that escaped her derriere would not stop. Her legs kicked as she could feel herself become lighter with every pain that her bowels expelled. Finally, her butt stopped trumpeting in rapid succession and the malevolence of her insides lessened. She was finally done.
Thoroughly wiping her ass, making sure to use a baby wipe, she flushed the vile excrement down to the bowels of this thread, never to be seen again. Gwen then promptly washed her hands and then carefully replaced her clothing and weaponry to their rightful places.
"Thank god." she said to herself as she opened the door and left this thread.
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11/15/2020 08:35 PM
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For My Love
For My Love I look up to the night's sky. Every time I do, I am reminded of you. The stars remind me of the sparkle that resides in your eyes. The moon, your presence that illuminates even my darkest moments. Even though you are not close to me, I can feel you near whenever I look up at the heaven's starlit display. I feel your embrace, warming me during the coolest parts of the night. I feel the connection we share, the love I feel for you that has filled my heart. I feel these the strongest in these moments, taking in the heavenly display. Though thoughts of you dance through my head during all hours of the day, it is during these times, when I can see heavens in their infinite beauty, that is my favorite.
Sometimes, I will pick a star and stare at it with a fervent gaze, taking in it's sight for as long as I can. I do this because I know you see this star too. You may not be looking at it at the same moment I am, but I know you see it in your night's sky. Because of this, I feel as though we are stargazing together, dreaming of what may and what may not be. Dreaming of infinite moments that share only us in common with one another.
Fantasies of a future that involves us plays through my head, like the greatest stories ever told. Flashes of matrimony, children, and an elderly life fly through my mind. I see our old wrinkled faces, smiling at each other, the way we smile for one another now. Our little lips curled in fashion that is only meant for one another. No one else holds these secret smiles that decorate our pruned, elderly features. My loving smile that is meant for only you, and yours for me.
I can't help but feel this way, as I continue to view upon the night's celestial display. It's natural artistry pale in comparison to you in my eyes. While physical beauty may fade, the loveliness of your soul outshines any other luminary that dots the nocturnal welkin above. It is brighter than any I have ever encountered. You truly are unique, someone incredibly special.
Your compassion, your wit, your charm, every part that makes up your being have pulled me in like a magnet. I had never felt such an intense pull from anyone that I have encountered. You are one of a kind, a gem among stones. Your magnanimous spirit chases away the companion of loneliness that I have carried with me for longer than I could ever remember. You bring to me a bliss I had only dreamt about, a happiness I thought I was not allowed to have.
The moment you entered my life's stage, though I hadn't realized it at the time, you had made a home in my heart. This was a place that had remained empty, shadowed and unkept. You instantly brightened it's darkened halls, bringing life to a long forgotten place. The mere idea of you swept away the cobwebs and mended the cracks of previous heartaches. The longer you occupied it, the more this home grew, and continues to grow. Before I knew what happened, you had filled me with emotions and joy I had only read about or seen in stories. A fire was built where only ashes existed, and this fire has consumed my being and filled me with a love I always wanted.
Over my lifetime I have built up walls around my heart. Each disappointment, each broken promise, each fear, each heartache, a brick in this wall. This barrier towered around my heart, so high up that even I could not look over it's surface. Content with an emptiness I was never meant to have, I never expected I would find you, an unsuspecting warrior who burst through my battlements as if they were nothing. You tore through it all, straight to my heart, and gave it meaning once more.
I have never felt so intensely about anyone else before. Though there have been some that have caught my eye in the past, they have only become mere shadows compared to how I feel for you. I had once thought before that I had loved one with all my heart. Little did I know that my heart was holding out, waiting and holding on to more love than I have given before. It was waiting for you to enter my life, for me to find you. It knew that you were out there in the world and that you were deserving of it's fullness. It was waiting for the one perfect moment, the moment I would find you.
I never meant to love you, as you had never meant to become one of the most important characters in my story. You've sunk into my very pits of my soul and lifted the part of me I never thought I would ever see again. I love you. I realize now I always have. In you I have discovered a kindred soul, one that I can share my dreams with, create a world of our own. You are a piece of a puzzle that has stumped me for my whole life. This love scares me nearly as much as it brings me joy.
It scares me, because I don't know where our path will lead. I do not know if we will end up together in this story, or if our path ends in separate books. The thought of us not being able to smile back at one another, holding our eldered hands watching the decedents of our love grow and produce lives of their own makes my soul ache more than it did when I didn't know you were in the world. I fear that I will never get the chance to hold you in my arms, caressing your sweet face, as you slip into a slumber after I had sung you to sleep. I fear the changes you've made inside me.
You've forever affected me. You've changed my path, my life's goals, my everything. This change also scares me. It is a great unknown, an unknown we will hopefully explore together. I will hold your hand if you will hold mine in return as we discover what is to come. I want want you want. I need what you need. I will never leave your side should you choose to stand with me. I will devote my whole being to your happiness, because that is the only thing that will ever bring me joy from here until our final moments. I do not know if I could fully ever return to how I lived my life before. I do not want to.
I love you. I always have and I always will. You are my soulmate, my one and only, my heart. I have loved you from the very first moment and I will love you until the very last, and beyond. From this life until the next, you will always hold my heart. It belongs to you and only you, from now until forever more.
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05/24/2019 10:25 PM
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Gwen Stacy - The Doctor's Companion
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05/24/2019 10:04 PM
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Gwen Stacy - SHIELD Recruitment
This particular writing piece was written as a starter to a Maria Hill to formally initiate her into SHIELD as it presently sat during the aftermath of Winter Soldier and during the SHIELD television show's run. It was a part of the multi writing journey I was taking with my interpretation of Gwen Stacy's character and role in the world had the TASM universe and MCU were within the same universe. This was written after Gwen's initial recruitment which was spoiled by the events of The Winter Soldier as I had imagined she was present during the initial events of the Hydra uprising.
"Good morning, Alice," Gwen Stacy said with a smile as she waved to one of the young women that manned the front desk of the Avengers Tower. The Avengers Tower was the focal point of not only the group of individuals that the world knew at large as the Avengers, Earth's mightiest superheroes, but it was still one of the main operation buildings for Stark Industries, where she had been gainfully employed.
The young brunette waved back at the perky, yellow sundress and burgundy cardigan clad blonde as she pressed a finger to her headset, answering to field one of the many calls that Stark Industries would be receiving that day. "Thank you for calling Stark Industries, how may I direct your call?"
It had been nearly two years since the brainy blonde had first stepped foot into Stark Tower. She was nervous, unsure of herself and very much so intimidated by the sights around her. Scared she would not get the internship she had applied for in the research and development department, she was in awe of the sheer fact that she was there. Then after several interviews and a meeting with the CEO of Stark Industries, Pepper Potts herself, she had gotten it, triumphing over all the other candidates.
It was a dream come true for her as she had dreamed of working for Stark Industries, the former weapons company ever since it transformed their focus onto research and development for the better of mankind. Their then CEO Tony Stark and decided to do so after his personal discovery of his weapons being dealt and used by the wrong hands. Gwen had left her previous job as a research officer at Oscorp a few years prior due to her own discovery of their shady dealings and questionable methods and then spent a year studying abroad in England at Oxford. When she returned form her year of studies there, she returned to Empire State, which had one of the top courses for her bio-science major.
As an R&D intern for Stark Industries she flourished working under some of the most esteemed researchers and brilliant scientists the world had to offer, such as Dr. Betty Ross and Dr. Bruce Banner. She had loved working under Dr. Banner, who was also known as the Avenger teammate the Incredible Hulk, when her intern round placed her as his lab assistant. Being an avid fan of the Avengers, it was rather amazing for her as she had gotten to know the green goliath as a real person. It was not a hidden fact that she was a bit of a fanatic about superheroes, as her Stark Industries locker was adorned with snapshots of them, most of which were of the wall-crawling Spider-man.
Nearly a year ago that had all changed though. Gwen had been pulled out of the assistant pool, no longer assisting in lab experiments and important research for an interview. Not entirely sure what she was being interviewed for, it came as a surprise for her to see that it was the Tony Stark conducting the interview. He offered her a full time position as his personal assistant while he was at stark tower. She of course took the job, as it was a high honor to be personally asked by Iron Man to assist him in his day to day affairs while in New York.
Admittedly she was not immediately overjoyed at leaving the R&D research labs, as she did greatly enjoy the work and studies she was performing, but working directly under Stark did prove to be interesting and challenging. She found working for him especially engaging when he got himself involved in the companies research, developing new technologies, or even when he got the wild ideas to create new enhanced armors. She very soon grew to love her job and what she did, in spite of the occasional menial tasks.
Holding her messenger bag close, she approached the executive elevator and slid her clearance card that offered her the privilege to enter the more sensitive areas as well as the areas reserved for those that were considered important within Stark Industries. No sooner had she boarded the elevator after the doors had opened, the reining security chief, Harold "Happy" Hogan, joined the young blonde.
"Good morning, Happy," she greeted with a cheerful smirk as she tucked her hands in the front of her waist, looking up at the former boxer.
Happy didn't return her cheerful expression, but instead looked down at her with a stern, joyless expression and muttered only two words while raising a questionable eyebrow. "Badge, Missy."
"Seriously?," Gwen asked, her cheerful expression nearly instantly replaced with one of a bemused bewilderment. She couldn't believe he was asking her yet again. It was almost a daily ritual. She began to find it rather annoying. "You've seen me nearly every day for two years and we're still doing this?"
The security head only tapped his own badge as he pursed his lips awaiting for the tiny blonde to offer her identification. Gwen offered a sigh in return as she quickly dug out her own security badge which offered her name, position, serial number and clearance level as well as a depiction of her usually cheerful visage. She continued her stern, annoyed expression as Happy's softened up and slowly turned into a smile.
"Thanks, Blondie," he said with a wink as his infectious smile finally lead to Gwen's own lips finally curling back into one herself. "No donuts today?" There was a slight disappointment that laced his words. Nearly every morning it was part of Gwen's daily ritual to pick up a box of glazed donuts for Tony and every morning she does, she is sure to pick up one for Happy as well, a jelly filled one just for him.
"No, Tony's not going to be in today," she said in a rather matter of fact tone and then continued on before she was asked why she was still coming in if he wasn't going to be there for her to assist him. "I have a few projects he's been working on that he wan't me to take a look at today."
Happy nods in return before continuing on "Alright... How's that boyfriend of yours? Uh... Parker?"
"Peter?" she replied in a questioning tone. As the name rolled off her lips she could feel her cheeks becoming flush at the mere thought of him. That girl was so hopelessly head over heels for that boy and she had a hard time hiding that fact. "He, uh, he's good." A dreamy expression washed over her face as he thoughts dwelled on the masked superhero as the doors to the elevator opened up.
Happy just smiled in return as he walked off onto the executive floor. "Well tell him again sorry for the mix up. I didn't mean for it to get physical like that."
"I will," Gwen assured him as reality crashed back down, reminding her of where she was as she too quickly left the elevator, catching her stride. "Have a good day Happy," she said with a wave, parting towards Stark's office.
"You too, Blondie," he said in a farewell reply before harassing another assistant about their badge.
Gwen hadn't made it very far before Bambi, the elder executive secretary stopped the young woman from proceeding too much farther. She lifted herself up from her desk once Gwen was in view and called out to her, "Gwen, good morning dear."
"Good morning, Bambi. How are you today?" she asked, beaming. She really enjoyed the company of the elder secretary who has worked for Stark for a very, very long time. The two bonded over talking about Tony's odd mannerisms and such, puzzling each other as to why he did such.
"I'm well, Gwen, I am well," Bambi said in reply, offering a smile before moving right on to business. "Uh.. Ms. Hill wishes to see you first thing. She asked me to send you to her office the moment you got here. It sounded urgent."
"Oh?" Gwen said with a questioning expression as her thoughts filled her head with questions of why and her brow furrowed in puzzlement. "I wonder why. I guess I'll head right over. Thank you, Bambi."
It did not take long for Gwen to reach the office of the human resources officer that Tony had hired in the wake of the SHIELD fiasco. She suspected the slender woman might have had some ties to it as she did overhear Tony mentioning the former agency, that once stood as a first line to protect the Earth, once or twice when concerning Maria Hill. She didn't believe what the news outlets were saying, calling it a terrorist organization as she was once very nearly recruited into their ranks. Not for one moment did she believe that the few Agents she had encountered were working on some nefarious world domination plot. It was all Hydra.
The young blonde knocked and pushed open the door to Ms. Hills office only to find it empty and void of anyone else other than herself as she entered. It wasn't the first time she was sent to an empty office to meet with some sort of fate here at Stark. It was almost how she was promoted within the company every time. Gwen waltzed on over to Hill's very empty and tidy desk and took a seat, pressing the ends of her sundress down as she crossed her legs at her ankles awaiting for what was to happen next.
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05/12/2019 06:01 PM
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Sh*tpost 2: The Sequel - Electric Dookieloo
Sh*tpost 2:
The Sequel - Electric Dookieloo "Oh no . . . Not again," Gwendolyn Maxine Poole thought as she found herself once again within another random group thread with an urgency boiling within her. Her rose tinted gaze darted all around looking for the familiar symbol notifying her of a place in which she could relieve herself of this growing need in solitude. Sweat began to bead under her face mask ans she could feel pain as her abdomen began to toil and bubble. She nervously bit her lip as she continued to scan the area attempting to locate somewhere, anywhere that could help her in this dire situation. With no other options within her immediate sight, Gwen was about to approach another member of this thread before she finally saw it, the tell tale sign of a unisex restroom. She nearly wept for joy as she hurriedly skittered over to the door, flinging it open. It was a this moment that once again her joy was ruined by a villain she had come to know quite well, the one known as Red Skull. The head of Hydra was once again sitting upon her destined porcelain throne. His bony ass squarely planted, he looked up from his phone, seeing the masked mercenary standing before him in an all too familiar situation. A sense of regret flowed through his garbage self as he realized he once again forgot to lock the restroom door. "GET OUT OF THE WAY," the white and pink clad demanded as she grabbed him by his stupid shoulders, grasping him with all her strength as she flung him off of the john. "Mein Gott, not again!" he shouted as he found himself once again flying through the air, his pants still around is ankles as he hit the floor just outside the restroom he had previously occupied. "THIS VILL NOT BE ZEE LAST TIME YOU SEE ME, GWENPOOL! I SHALL HAVE MEIN REVENGE!" he shouted as he stood up, pulling his trousers up to cover his bony ass. Gwen, now alone, danced as she, unlike this bathroom's previous occupant, remembered to lock the door behind her. She then quickly began to remove all her weaponry from her person, placing each of her contraband down so it would not go off as she dropped this bomb within her chosen water closet. She silently pleaded with herself hoping she could keep her cheeks clenched long enough so that she would not let any of it out and ruin her underoos. She hurried herself, as she sweat in anticipation of the relief in which she was about to receive. Finally laying aside all her hardware of destruction she took to finding the clasps that kept her inside her one-piece costume. She tossed her bleached gloves aside to allow her fingers to find the clasps unrestricted. "Come on, come on," she pleaded with herself, and whatever deity took pity on her as she clenched her jaw. She strained to keep her bowels in check, mustering all the strength her rear end muscles had to keep that passage closed. Finally undoing the little clasps her one-piece hit the floor. She quickly stepped out of it and slid her undergarments down as she felt the cool, firm seat of the potty that was now beneath her. Victory finally within her grasp, she let loose allowing her colon to evacuate it'self. Tears of joy rushed down her face as she felt her body quake with pleasure upon releasing this pressure she had been cooking up for some time. Her bottom erupted violently, sounding as if a war-zone had broken out between her butt cheeks. She let out a war cry, as she wept for the battle between her and her posterior had only just begun. The tiny room began to fill with a foul stench that one could have sworn was pulled from the deepest depths of hell. Her stomach turned, feeling as though her inner organs were about to expel with the waste that was escaping her slender frame. Her cries filled the soundtrack of those within earshot. One would think she was powering up, ascending to a more powerful form, the way she was calling out. Her whole body shook and trembled while she gripped the porcelain throne's seat, holding on for what felt like her final moments upon this Earth. Snot began to drip from her nose while the hot tears of pain and relief streamed down her cheeks. "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" she shouted, feeling her butt trumpet away as she continued to fill the offering bowel to the porcelain goddess with her excrement. With one more powerful war cry she evacuated her bowels, ending what felt like the longest defecation session she had ever had in the history of her own life. Tired, Gwen slumped upon her throne, spent and weak as a feeling of bliss flowed through her body signaling her natural endorphins taking hold. She remained motionless for several moments before she gathered the strength to carefully take the cheap two ply toilet paper that stocked the present washroom and began to wipe her rear of the remnants of the battle that took place between her cheeks. Making sure to finish off her wiping with a baby wipe to ensure no chafing, she finally flushed the demons that escaped her bum, taking them to the bowels of hell, never to be seen again. A feint stench of death still hung in the air as she slowly pieced herself together. After fully washing her hands twice, she bang to piece back on the armaments that adorned her delicate form. Taking a big breath she felt a sense of joy return within her, where only anguish existed before. A wide smile creeped upon her lips, expressing her inner happiness. Flinging the door to the unisex restroom wide open, allowing the feint stench of the brimstone she had laid to waft forward. "Whoooooh!" she exclaimed with a tone of excitement, as she then trotted upon her marry way. "You might want to give that a minute to . . . ya know, air out," she whispered to a random individual who may or may not have been waiting to use the facilities for their own needs. With a skip in her step and a song in her heart, the nightmare was once again over for Gwendolyn Maxine Poole . . . for now.
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