Omg if those were deep purple, I’d have a hard time saying no even though they are really not my style.

Now THIS is an example of gaudy platform ankle boot done properly. 100% would wear.

I have like three pairs of booties that look something like this, and they are not QUITE as comfortable as sneakers, but they are a hell of a lot more comfortable than 9/10ths of shoes aimed at women.

“Booties” are boots that stop at the ankle. And you just walk slowly, heel-toe.

Right? I think even Dany promised the Iron Islands independence, no? Dorne should’ve jumped into that too.

I wasn’t mad at the finale. Just disappointed and confused. They rushed through things so fast, it was like “wait. What?” A lot of things seemed odd. In a hyper masculine and militaristic culture that values physical strength, Bran, the teenage cripple, who talks in riddles and spends his days by a tree living in the…

I wish the plot had given her a chance to give Tyrion a second shot. He worked hard to make her happy, and she never made him feel less-than. 

Can we take a minute to discuss Cersei being depicted as driven by maternal instincts first and foremost? She is far from mother of the year potential and I am tired of toxic parents being celebrated as profoundly maternal or paternal. I’m also so, so over D&D inability to provide a nuanced backstory for women that…

1. When Christ and His Saints Slept - Matilda to Henry II’s marriage with Eleanor and the start of his kingship

Whenever they make another Queen Elizabeth or Mary Queen of Scots movie I sigh and think  how great a Matilda movie would be. 

I love this so much, thank you. It reminds me of the Boudica profile that ran in The Toast (RIP) a couple years ago. More profiles of ancient powerful women, please!!

I can only imagine what being in a room with Empress Maude (Matilda) and Eleanor of Aquitaine was like... 

I think Matilda is such a fantastic historical figure. I enjoy Sharon Kay Penman’s historical fiction series that goes from the battle for the crown (Matilda v Stephen) all the way thru Richard the Lionheart’s crusade. It is fascinating to me to read the history of Matilda, her children, and grandchildren.

Stephen’s wife (also named Matilda; I’ve seen them referred to as “Empress Maud/e” and “Queen Matilda” to avoid confusion. Stephen’s mother was also named Matilda.) was also pretty badass. I would pay good money for a show that features those two women as the main characters facing off against each other.

I love Matilda. I fell in love with her story in college and wrote a huge term paper on her. The story of her escaping on Christmas night 7 months pregnant in her nightgown in the snow is the stuff of movie magic. I don’t know why the only time she has appeared on film is in the Pillars of the Earth as a bit player.…

I think it was the year after the first Maleficent came out, that I went as the Disney version for out work costume contest. Bought the velvet and satin cape, the horns, the staff, even had a little raven with a finger band to wear. Painted my face green and purple (thank goodness the costume contest was at 9AM…

Me neither-she’s my favorite too because she’s a petty ass fairy who felt jilted and was gleeful about wrecking shit.

UGH bury this garbage into the ground and let it never be seen. Maleficient, as a Disney character, is in no small way defined by the thunderous, majestic voice of Eleanor Audley (who also voiced Lady Tremaine in Cinderella). Jolie could never.

Yes but all of those characters came with origin stories from the jump.

I’m confused.  If this is a sequel to a movie that restores her to a person defending herself and taking control of her fate against the really evil people, why is the movie called “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil?”  Does she turn evil in this movie?  Because the first movie clearly made her not evil.