CHALLENGE 21 BRAIN TWIN
Brain twins:
getriel &
timebombFandom: disney
Topic: 10 disney deaths
10 disney deaths to traumatize you.
spoilers for most major disney releases.
first off, i'm sorry. this was her idea, to do the saddest most depressing possible pispammy. i apologize in advance for any sniffles, snuffles, outright sobbing, needed tissues and the ice cream you'll need at the end of this.
however, it's not all my fault. if disney didn't make the saddest fucking movies of all time, this picspam wouldn't even be available. imagine an animated schindler's list, and see how quickly you want to slit your wrists! disney is like an emotional rollercoaster that you stand in line an hour for, and then agree to everyone that it was THE BEST RIDE EVER OMG CAN I GO AGAIN I HAVEN'T LOST ENOUGH SALINE TODAY. it's a time honored tradition for children to be completely traumatized by their so-called family friendly entertainment. have you ever read the original texts for snow white, and the compiled versions from hans christian anderson and his ilk? they're like putting your child in bed, tucking them in, and instead of whispering good night, telling them there's something under the bed and then locking the door while you make off with their night light.
why shouldn't disney films be any different? to this day, i'm careful while vacuuming because in "brave little toaster", kirby sucks up his own cord and nearly chokes to death on it. (upon watching this scene as an adult, the epic almost-death i remember from my childhood is actually maybe ... twenty seconds long and not all that epic at all. but man,
worthless is ten times more depressing. i still have issues throwing things away.) they have as much emotional impact as any other oscar-winner film, and often times are nominated themselves. death is very real and often an act of judgement against those that deserve it. however, sometimes the villain isn't the only one takes a final frame; why else is
this lost comic so true? i go into a pixar movie knowing that within ten minutes i am going to die of dehydration from crying.
so, i'm sorry in advance for this picpsam. blame disney. these may not be the saddest death scenes, or most awesome, or whatever; they're just the ten that first came to mind, and i think that means something. got your hanky? lets get started.
the real deaths.
the death of bambi's mother. (
watch it )
"we made it! we made it, mother! ... mother? mother! mother, where are you? mother!" "your mother can't be with you anymore."
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why is it so beautiful and so gd sad at the same time why! why! i never really liked bambi as a kid, except for the whole discussion on twitterpation (which has a whole new meaning now). i think this scene may have been why. nothing happens to this kid, and then suddenly his mom is dead and he has to go move in with his dad who, frankly, is a bit of a stag. lone wolf. Great Prince of the Forest and all that. but seriously, simba has nothing on bambi's awful run through the cold quiet forest. at least simba still had his mother who loved him, a babe on the side and a sidekick bird, which he abandoned. bambi had no family and just a rabbit who made fun of him for company. poor bambi.
the death of the chinese army, and general li. (
watch it, if you must.)
"i dont understand ... my father should have been here." "captain!" "the general."
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not as sad as bambi, i'll admit. but so harsh, coming out of the really great song "a girl worth fighting for" to be so abruptly placed into a real scene of death, close personal death. i will always appreciate the score ... so sad and so cleanly beautiful.
the death of coral and the 399 other children. (
watch it if you feel like crying )
"coral? ... it's okay, daddy's here. daddy's got you. i promise, nothing will ever happen to you, nemo."
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i remember being so excited to see "finding nemo" when it first came out. it looked hilarious, and everyone loves ellen especially as dory. little did i know when i sat down with my nachos and sweettarts was i about to watch the saddest opening three minutes of a film ever. (until "up", that is.) granted, the death was necessary to the rest of the film's plot, as it is in cinderella, but seriously? so many eggs! the sad sad sound of marlon searching for his wife? and the COMPLETE turn around when he finds the single last egg, slightly damaged, but still pulsing with life?
i might be sniffling just thinking about it....
the fake-outs.
the "death" of hercules. (
watch it, and giggle )
"a true hero isn't measured by his strength, but the strength of his heart."
D: :D!
okay okay okay. so this death isn't so much sad as it is heroic and epic. honestly, i start sobbing once he gets up to mount olypmus and his dad is all I AM SO ZD PROUD, MY BOY. and then everyone is all yay herculus! and i'm like grinning and sobbing because i ... cry when i get really happy. i can't help it. i'm a ball of mush and i cry at anything, including commercials, but especially when A STAR IS BORN. so, the death was really a footnote to the rest of the film, but he had to make the concious decision to save meg by sacrificing himself. he may or may not have known that he was going to die, but i am going to assume that yes, he did. because that's what makes him a hero.
the "death" of sleeping beauty. (
watch if you like creepy castles )
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okay, so. technically she doesn't die so to speak. but, if you've got your seatbelt and your educational hat on, let's do some delving. what i like about the sleeping beauty myth, and this version of it, is the blatant nature of the power of premarital sex. a young girl disregards her parents and fairy figures, decides to act out against her betrothal, and PRICKS her finger on a spindle, falling prey to the unwedded yet dangerously sexualized figure of malecifent. she becomes dormant, and can only be activated by a "proper" kiss from the man she is destined to marry in the clouds.
yes, i do have an english degree. what of it? anyway. you can read a lot into the phallic imagery, and the pretty heavy-handed lesson that IF YOU MESS WITH PRICKS, YOU GET DICKED. and also, your entire family is ruined, and the countryside is overrun with your overly sexual symbol, the rose and thorns. but none of that has anything to do with why i picked this scene. i picked this scene because of the completely mystical nature of a young girl pursuing death, glassy eyed and overwhelmed by the idea, yet not shrinking back from death. she doesn't understand it, and it certainly doesn't help that her fairy godmother's voices of warning are echoing around her, but she's curious and taken.
then again, all of that could be said about sex. hm...
lady and the tramp. (
why? do you hate animals? i bet you do. )
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i dont even have to watch this movie to get teary-eyed over this scene. it's so awful and emotional, you get caught up into the chase scene, and when the whole thing comes tumbling over, you just know something went down, and oh god oh god oh god. the way jaques nudges rusty, and ... then the sad sad cry. you know how dogs howl, you know what that means now. and it's just like WHY GOD WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE.
cut to christmas scene, and you're not ready for it, and you're just like WHY GOD WHY and the john dear says "oh visitors" and your little pitterpatter heart says MY GOD IS IT TRUE? COULD IT BE? and rusty --- HE'S ALL RIGHT THANK GOD YOU NEVER LET ME DOWN. and then there are puppies and the all is right with the world again.
thank god for puppies.
the "death" of wall-e. (
I DONT RECOMMEND IT )
"wall-e?"
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I CAN'T EVEN ... I ... EVERY TIME.
the villains.
the death of ursula. (
go on, watch disney porn )
"so much for true love!"
D: D: ... what? she's pretty epic!
ALL I'M GOING TO SAY IS, IN REGARDS TO DISNEY'S MORALITY, URSULA (WHO WAS MODELLED AFTER A
DRAG QUEEN, NO JOKE) IS KILLED WHEN PRINCE ERIC RAMS A GIANT PIECE OF WOOD INTO HER BODY. HE PENETRATES HER. AHEM.
the death of scar. (
at 5:00, go watch a bad boy get eaten to death )
:/ :/ :/ not really a D: moment unless you're making that face because you are suffering disbelief.
all right, so everyone likes scar. i mean, we're not supposed to like him, but secretly we all know where he's coming from and enjoy his pithy one-liners. we all want to be that guy, but since that guy always gets killed at the end, we never are. so instead we live vicariously through scar, even as he blunders. who DOESN'T feel second-hand regret immediately when you see scar bad-mouthing the hyenas, when they're standing RIGHT THERE. USE YOUR PERIPHERALS DUDE.
but, then he gets what was coming to him, which in disney terms means he is EATEN TO DEATH BY HIS LOYAL SUBJECTS. WHAT IS THAT. EATEN TO DEATH.
the death of sabor. (
watch if you like naked men. ;) )
:D :D :D :D :D
i thought i'd end this little picspam with a little pick-me-up. i thought about doing that awful scene where clayton hangs himself via the motherfucking jungle, but that scene is so intentional yet off-screen gruesome, i didnt want to. intead, we've got tarzan becoming a man. it's so intense, him fighting a motherfucking leopard in the middle of the motherfucking jungle, with his bare motherfucking hands. can you do that? can batman? (questionable.) they two fall into that pit of despair and we hear little noise, followed by the teasing rising of the leopard.
TURNS OUT TARZAN KILLED IT. LIKE A BOSS.
anyway, go enjoy your day now that you've been reminded of some of the awful things disney does to its characters. all of them. even the ones that don't die. if you post on tumblr, give credit to
the sweet salon.