The Cupboard under the Stairs

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The thing about Tumblr is that it is where you share your absolute and innermost likings with similar minded people, but maintain the anonymity of a username that no one outside your closest friends know about. It is a safe zone if you will. Facebook is the opposite of that. You share things with mostly a bunch of strangers, and random family members that you would rather know nothing about yourself. It is completely stupid to put yourself out to strangers like that. I would of thought this to be completely obvious, given how many problems arise from bizarre photos posted on Facebook.

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memoirsofafreak:

shatteredmyself:

miss-annie-kay:

Who Ever Made This.
YOU’RE A GENIUS

like my 30th time rebloggin , ilove this :D lol

oh my gawddd <3

lol

been waiting for this omg

WAT. HOW.

I just love it sooo much….

my. life. is. now. complete.

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cumberbuddy:

SCREAMING

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nogutsnoglory:

“You know that’s not going to work, right?”

“Yeah, but sometimes it just feels good to hold it.”

safarizone:

veryaroused:

theumbrellaseller:

hemsworthss:

science bros.

There are no words to describe my feelings about this relationship. But I’m going to try.

First of all, their parallels. Both geniuses, top of their field. Both suffered an accident that physically changed them, forever, and not in a wholesome Spider-Man kind of way. Both try to do what they can to help others despite their own issues; Banner heals people, Tony works on developing clean energy. And both struggle, in their own way, with duality; Tony and Iron Man, Bruce and the Hulk. Two identities, one body. Only difference is Iron Man’s bad side is Tony.

I mentioned somewhere that Tony sees a bit of himself in Banner because they both have a monster inside them that they can’t control, a creature that springs fully formed from the id, the base impulses and the nasty stuff at the back of the mind. Bruce’s is a giant green rage monster. Tony’s trashed a party in Iron Man 2. Banner has a control over his that Tony hasn’t quite achieved yet; don’t think I didn’t notice Tony pouring himself a whiskey when confronting Loki. Tony is envious, fascinated, and most of all, impressed by Bruce’s control.

So he doesn’t walk on eggshells around Bruce like the others, because that’s not what Bruce needs. Tony sees Bruce’s restraint, sees the quiet, brilliant man making self-deprecating jokes in the corner of the room, sees the way people look at him like he’s going to snap any second, and thinks “nope”. Tony does what no-one else aboard that Helicarrier does. He trusts him. He makes jokes and jabs him and teases him and above all, treats him exactly how he would treat anyone else— he has a great regard for Bruce’s brilliance, and tells him so, but he doesn’t try to ignore the Hulk in the room. When he says “wow, you’ve really got a handle on this, haven’t you?” he’s not saying “gosh, it’s incredible you haven’t snapped yet and killed everyone on board” he’s saying “I know you have a handle on this, you wouldn’t be here if you didn’t, so I’m gonna poke you with this sharp object to prove it”. And you can see Bruce relax, and smile, and trust him back.

But then Tony goes even further, and invites Bruce to come to his R&D department. I’m pretty sure the two of them drive off together in Tony’s car at the end of the movie to do just that. And, okay, sure, Bruce is smart, but Tony’s tech is his baby. How many people get invitations to come and see his work? He invites Bruce because he recognises his brilliance, yes, but there’s another reason. He’s inviting Bruce to come down and work with him after this is over. He’s giving Bruce something to do next, a purpose, an alternative to disappearing into the ether to be alone with his monster. Tony knows from experience that being alone with your issues doesn’t end well, so for what’s only the third time in his life he extends the hand of friendship to a guy he’s known barely an hour.

And then, he tells Bruce to let the beast loose. Not just because they need him to fight, but because it will help him. If Bruce can take this thing that he sees as a curse and turn it into a gift, well, that’s going to lift him out of a very dark place. I’m not saying Tony knew about Bruce’s attempted suicide, but I think he had a suspicion that Bruce had been, in his words, “low”. So he encourages Bruce to take all that crap and pain and the Other Guy and use him to help people; after all, that’s what he did.

And it pays off. Nobody— nobody— thinks Bruce is going to turn up for that final battle. You can see the look on Natasha and Steve’s faces when Tony asks if Bruce turned up yet. They’ve counted Bruce out. Guy’s a mess, right? He’s too volatile. Doesn’t play well with others. He could never work as part of a team. No-one thinks he’ll come through when it matters. Except Tony. He has faith in him, and that faith is rewarded. It’s no wonder the Hulk is the one to catch Tony. Tony’s the one who helped let him out. He’s just returning the favor.

Well said.

Great post.

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I love it when Tumblr folk find new ways to explore this wonderful site lol.

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Throughout the movie I could sense a desire from the Lorax and the Once-ler to be friends with each other. I think it started after the Lorax saved the Once-ler from the waterfall. Before the Lorax simply saw the Once-ler as a threat to his forest, and the Once-ler just saw him a furry peanut that was in the way of achieving at least some success in his life.

However, after the promise to not chop down anymore trees, there seemed a sense between the two that if they worked on it a little, there might be a possibility that they could be friends. I especially saw this when the Once-ler comes back from his unsuccessful day in town and the Lorax invites him to the card game. I think the Once-ler also felt this when he introduced the Lorax to his family as his friend. The sudden success of the Thneed, and the invitation of the Once-lers family to live in the forest seemed to be a warning sign to the Lorax that this could all “fall” the wrong way, which is probably why the Lorax corrected him to be an acquaintance. The Lorax knew that the possibility of the Once-ler chopping down more trees and breaking his promise and their relationship, had increased drastically.

Despite that the Lorax probably hoped that the warnings wouldn’t come true, which is why he tried to talk to Once-ler when the trees started being chopped down. However, seeing the once-ler turn his back on him and acting like the promise never existed most likely broke his heart, because he had been betrayed by someone he thought might actually be a friend. After that I felt like the Lorax no longer tried to be the Once-lers friend and instead focused on stopping the monster he had become.

All of this is why I felt there had been a sigh of relief at the end of the movie when the Lorax came back to the Once-ler. The damage created had been repaired, the Once-ler had learned a harsh lesson, and there was no more threat from him to the re-growing forest. There was nothing to stop them from being friends anymore, a friendship that they most likely wanted very much. They way the Once-ler so delightedly greeted the Lorax showed that the Lorax had forgiven  him, and now they could have the friendship that they had been waiting for for what was most likely decades.

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