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If nothing else [Johnny Depp’s casting as Grindelwald will] willhelp me sympathise with Dumbledore when he shows up in later films.

I too know the experience of having a wild crush on Depp as a teenager only to later feel horribly guilty about it once it came out what an arse he was.

Seen on an anon comm (via baratheon)

andallthatspookymishigas:

fuchsimeon:

dr-archeville:

blackness-by-your-side:

The sign of high quality is the fact the book was banned by the government. Trash literature NEVER EVER had any troubles with the law.

Fahrenheit 451 is a banned book. There is some sad sad irony right there.

Over half of these books were required reading for me at my public high school. And it makes me beyond sad that kids might not have the opportunity to learn from these incredible characters and stories.

saxifraga-x-urbium:

thebluemeany:

jkthinkythoughts:

star-anise:

antivillain:

zombeesknees:

leepacey:

I say, jolly good show, chaps. And did I panic? I think not.

#the comic relief who is genuinely comic  #and who makes the ‘incompetent bufoon’ trope actually work as an endearing quality as originally intended  #well played movie – well played  #john hannah  #WHAT A FOX

#but! BUT!!!#THE GREAT THING ABOUT JONATHAN#IS HE’S NOT INCOMPETENT#he can read ancient Egyptian albeit not as well as his baby sister#he clearly has an interest in archaeology if only for treasure-related reasons#he had to go through intensive schooling to get the sort of permit required#to even have digs of his own#WHICH HE CLEARLY DOES#on a dig down in Thebes#he says and Evie believes him#Jonathan reads from the Book of the Living and he’s an excellent shot with a rifle and is clearly a boxer#Jonathan is SO COMPETENT and SO IMPORTANT#while simultaneously being plucky comic relief without JUST being plucky comic relief#u get me?

Jonathan, like Phryne Fisher, clearly hasn’t taken anything seriously since 1918.

And, I would suspect, for similar reasons.

^^^This. Jonathan being in World War I makes total sense. It’s
almost impossible for him not to have been. Given his age and background, he probably
volunteered in 1914.  

Of course he’s going to not take anything seriously. Of
course he can shoot. The drinking, the skittishness, the recklessness, the
sense of ‘keeping your head down’, the scepticism about traditional heroism….

The one with more actual experience of death, carnage and
fighting is Jonathan. Not Rick. Not Ardeth Bey. Jonathan.

When Rick says ‘I’ve had worse (situation/odds)’ and Jonathan replies “ Me too”. That’s probably true. 

Drop The Mummy
into the real world context and that’s a character who’s going to have seen a
lot of his school friends die, along with the myths and tales of heroism they
were raised on. Sort of makes the line where Evie’s scolding him for drinking/messing
about a lot darker…

Evie: Have you no respect for the dead? Jonathan: Of course I do, but sometimes I’d rather like
to join them.

I demand fic