I really really like seeing lilie and Pike in sync when they’re interested in WHAT IS GOING ON IN AHIRU’S LIFE. They could always act differently – or the same for different reasons, but sometimes they’re in sync it’s wonderful. Besides that, why does it take us so long before shipping Ahiru and Fakir? Look…

I shouldn’t go in the undertale tag; seeing images of Flowey makes me want to replay the game 😦

I forgot abotu Edel! Als the whole glory-and -happiness thing – in the end, is ^destoiny’ going along with drosselmeyer’s story, or is it accepting the reality of who you are outside of the story? In the end, by rejecting Drosselmeyer’s story to return to their true selves, are Fakir and Ahiru accepting their destinies…

I went home and Googled the statue to see what the internet had to say about this mysterious black man, and I found that the New York City Parks Department website did not mention the presence of a second human being in the monument at all. Instead, it read:

“The work, set in a picturesque pink granite steele designed by architect Henry Bacon, features a heroic-sized Lafayette standing next to his horse.”

Lafayette and his horse. His horse. Nary a mention of the grown man standing there, blanket over his shoulder and a look on his face like he’d rather be someplace else. I was perplexed, and then angry, and then curious. I went to the library.

The statue, by Daniel Chester French, had been commissioned when a Frenchman turned Brooklynite named Henry Harteau died and left the city $35,000 to cast a monument to his celebrated countryman. (Lafayette and Harteau are identified on the statue’s base, and it was dedicated in 1917.) He asked that the statue be based on a painting called Lafayette at Yorktown by Jean-Baptiste Le Paon. The painting was actually of two men named Lafayette; one was the familiar marquis, and the other was named James Armistead Lafayette. The marquis was white and James was black. Still, I wondered: Were they brothers? Why did they share a last name?

It turns out that James Armistead was an enslaved man from Virginia who enlisted to fight against the British and ended up working as a double agent. The information he acquired helped to win the battle of Yorktown; hence, the heroic painting. He served under Lafayette, and the two men became such close friends that the marquis successfully petitioned to have James made a free man, after James’s own request for manumission was denied. (Apparently, they were only freeing “slave-soldiers” who fought in the war; being a “slave-spy” didn’t qualify.) James Armistead then took the name of his friend out of affection and gratitude. He lived a long life and become a farmer and a family man.

The Invisible Black Man on a Prospect Park Statue (New York Magazine)

iloveyouandilikeyou:

#i wasn’t going to reblog this and then i noticed#how vader literally just walks into her from behind#is it an intimidation tactic?#is it a subconscious attempt at parenting?#can he just not fucking see through his helmet?#i love it (via @ladililn)

fyanimorphs:

Just in case someone managed to miss the news…

{TB EXCLUSIVE} UNIVERSAL IS DEVELOPING AN “ANIMORPHS” MOVIE BASED ON THE BESTSELLING BOOK SERIES

Fresh off our report that Sony is developing a Goosebumps sequel, it’s now been confirmed to us here at The Tracking Board that Universal is intending to reboot another beloved ’90s book series. That’s right, ANIMORPHS is currently in development, with Deborah Forte producing via her Silvertongue Films shingle. Maradith Frenkel is overseeing the project for the studio.

Animorphs marks the latest in ’90s titles to see a big screen adaptation, with Paramount even planning a Nicktoons crossover movie. The bestselling sci-fi book series, written by K. A. Applegate and published by Scholastic, follows a group of teens who come across a crashed spaceship with a dying alien being inside.

The teens are then individually granted an extraordinary gift, the ability to shape-shift into any animal that they touch. Codenaming themselves Animorphs (combo of “animal morphers”), they use their powers to combat a secret alien invasion of creatures that possess the bodies of humans.

The books, which became instantly recognizable due to covers featuring a person transforming into an animal, was a success, leading to companion novels and spanning an impressive 54 entries in the series. Animorphs also gained notoriety from the 1998 TV series that aired on Nickelodeon, which actually starred X-Men actor Shawn Ashmore and Royal Pains‘ Paulo Costanzo.

Forte is the perfect person to shepherd the adaptation, as Silvertongue was specifically formed to adapt Scholastic’s vast library of titles under a three-year deal with Universal.

Forte also served as an executive producer on the original Anirmorphs series, as well as on Goosebumps, Clifford, and The Magic School Bus. Forte is currently producing Sony’s Goosebumps film, which bows on October 16th, as well as a Clifford the Big Red Dog adaptation for Universal.

Our sources confirm that the studio is now looking for a writer to script their take on the film, which is said to put a heavy focus on the sci-fi nature of the story. We’re also told that the studio is also interested in finding a capable writer/director with a knack for sci-fi, with Attack The Block scribe/director Joe Cornish and Ender’s Game writer/director Gavin Hood described as a template.

It’ll be interesting to see how Animorphs fares in a contemporary landscape, but with careful updating, the franchise has the potential to stand out in a crowded market of dull, conventional dystopian YA properties.

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