The What's On Your Mind Thread and the Battle of Hogwarts

[MickeyisBeast]

 

[Monorail Fan:)]

What was the point of the challenge if both teams are voting people out?

 

[scarscar93]

I'll see you tonight in the back of my mind
When I remember your skin like I remembered it then
When you would dress me in white with the look in your eyes

 

[marypops!]

My petpet jumped wildly about the room. When I told him off, he hissed at me. I hissed back, and he purred. I called him bipolar, and he said "Oi! Don't swear! This is a family friendly site you know!".

 

[MickeyisBeast]

What was the point of the challenge if both teams are voting people out?

the other team is having two leaving.

 

[Monorail Fan:)]

the other team is having two leaving.

I guess that's fair.

guess

 

[marypops!]

http://themagicalworldofharrypotter.tumblr.com/post/7582992517

I want to know what movie this is in!

 

[scarscar93]

http://themagicalworldofharrypotter.tumblr.com/post/7582992517

I want to know what movie this is in!

Yes Man.

I've been waiting for that clip to surface on tumblr.

 

[marypops!]

Yes Man.

I've been waiting for that clip to surface on tumblr.

Thanks. I've got a movie to try and find now... The movie's a bit like Liar Liar, right?

 

[scarscar93]

Thanks. I've got a movie to try and find now... The movie's a bit like Liar Liar, right?

Actually...it is.

It's okay, but the HP party scene is probably the most memorable part of it.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

I need some good TRs... any suggestions?
I can never find any ones that I really enjoy.
It takes me ages just to find one that I actually like to read!

 

[MickeyisBeast]

okay... guys I'll have to find my own TR

orrrrrr I can go on tumblr. I took a nice break away from it... it wants me back now. NO I NEED TO READ SOME TRs.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Snow White ___________________________

In the beginning of the Grimm's Tale Schneewittchen, Snow White's mother pricks her finger with a sewing needle and three drops of her blood fall onto the snow which lay on the ebony windowsill. Oddly enough, this made her long for a daughter of a similar color scheme. While this reflects the arc of the story: (white)innocence, (red)maturity & love, and (black)death, her name particularly represents a season when the world metaphorically sleeps only to be inevitably awakened with the coming of spring.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Cinderella

Omitted from the Disney version of the fairytale, Cinderella was actually the cruel nickname given to her by her stepsisters for sitting at the dying cinders of the fire after her long days work. Cinderella's real name is never mentioned. Cinders have a number of symbolic meanings from being merely a source of warmth and a hidden fire to represent rebirth in the story of the Firebird or Phoenix. In myth, the creature would die in the fiery blaze of its nest only to rise again reborn from the ashes signifying a rise to glory from the lowest of places.


wow that was such a hard one to explain.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Aurora ________________________________

Latin for "light" or "dawn", Aurora is her royal name given by her parents. It may be stated in the film that this was "because she filled their lives with sunshine" but its also fitting for this princess since dawn is the time when the sleeping world awakes. It's no accident that she falls asleep at dusk and awakes upon sunrise. Incidentally one may recall her "hair of sunshine gold" but her "lips that shame the red red rose" are more linked to her second name.




Briar Rose ________________________________

Briar Rose, a pseudonymn given by her fairy godmothers also has poetic meaning. The first word BRIAR, a mass of thorny plants obviously makes sense with the story's motif but a rose also has numerous conotations. Roses have represented love, beauty, virtue, femininity, and virginity hence why it is also a symbol of the Virgin Mary. But a briar rose is a thing of beauty surrounded by harsh thorny bramble -- much like Aurora herself in the castle surrounded by the forest of thorns.

 

[LondonUnderground]

lol omg

 

[kelseighrox925]

Yes Man.

I've been waiting for that clip to surface on tumblr.

I love that video!

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Ariel

Ariel's name probably has the most mysterious of origins but there are two possible sources that equally make sense. Song writers Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (both of Jewish heritage) had a surprising amount of creative input in the story having named several of Ariel's sisters. This could leave reason to suspect they may have also suggested the name Ariel, Hebrew for "Lion of God". Lions are well known symbols of strength and courage.





The second possibility which actually ties into the first is the connection to the word 'ARIA'. Hebrew for "lioness". However in Italian it means "air" and is a musical term for a solo vocal piece with a light instrumental accompaniment. This probably makes the most sense considering music, and not lions, is the most obvious if not significant factor in Ariel's story.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Belle ________________________________

The most straight forward of names, Belle is literally French for "beauty". Granted this makes sense since Belle's character is meant be physically attractive. However beauty is not just restricted to our visual sense but can encompass all the senses and even that of our spirit. Intended to contrast the physical ugliness of the beast, Belle's purpose in the story is ultimately to transform the beast's soul to match the beauty of her own. She is everything the beast must aspire to be.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Jasmine

Most people assume Jasmine is merely a reference to the jasmine flower and to a certain degree it is. Jasmine is actually indigenous to the Middle East. Known as "yasmine" to the natives, the flower is so pleasantly fragrant that the name translates to "gift from God" in Arabic. In the western world it can represent sensuality, elegance, and modesty -- a particular virtue Aladdin or Ali Ababwa must obtain to win the heart of the princess.