I'd rather burn in a better kind of flame.

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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armchair-factotum:
“ musicalscilence:
“ daywalker75:
“ thepurelands:
“I don’t know who this bloke is, but I definitely think we should all start saying “thriving wage” until it becomes a thing
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This makes me think of that line Hopper from A Bug’s...
thepurelands

I don’t know who this bloke is, but I definitely think we should all start saying “thriving wage” until it becomes a thing

daywalker75

This makes me think of that line Hopper from A Bug’s Life and just the relationship shown between the grasshoppers and the ant colony: 

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In case you can’t see the quote very well, “Those puny ants outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life. It’s not about food, it’s about keeping those ants in line.”

musicalscilence

Are you telling me that when i watched bug’s life i was actually watching a proletariat revolution?

armchair-factotum

It’s not even subtle, A Bug’s Life is blatant pro-worker messaging and I’m here for it

dishonoronyourtauntaun

Furthermore, A Bugs Life is lifted from Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” in which seven of the most elite warriors in Japanese society give their lives to protect the lowest of the low (farmers). The message of Seven Samurai is summed up in the final words “it is not us who have won, it is the farmers. We gave ourselves so they may know peace.” 

Akira Kurosawa was a master at showing people in power being humbled by the peasant class. (Ikiru, Rashomon, Yojimbo, Stray Dog and especially Hidden Fortress all carry a similar message of the poorest and lowest of society humbling the elite. It’s also part of why he was blacklisted in Japan in the 70s and only returned to fame from George Lucas and Steven Spielberg funding his later movies.  

Akira Kurosawa A Bugs Life
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faireekira

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although these 2 aren’t the most likely candidates for kira’s parents, i like it? and even though gurjin is, u know, green, he really doesn’t look like his mother at all

here’s a picture of laesid next to the old kira puppet from the scrapped sequel, for fun:

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amethystgelfling

I wasn’t into this at all at first, but now that we know Kira has a swamp, I’m inclined to believe this is a good guess 👀