Matilda (1996), Dir. Danny DeVito

Bonus gif:

Oh, he’s not my friend. We’ve never met before. We don’t know each other.

OH MY GOD! This is amazing!!

nobody was impressed with this cause they thought it was a photo so i spent like 50 hours painting it for nothing

So tonight I joined my parents, and the neighbours, at the local pub quiz. We won, and won the bonus round, much to the annoyance of the other teams. Apparently my parents and their friends win every other week. Nerds. So to prank them the landlord had a special “Super Hard Pub Question” for us for double or nothing on our prize (vouchers for a gallon of beer) to let the rest of the pub feel better because we were “guaranteed to lose” since there was “no way we could know the answer.” I got picked to answer it because I’m the youngest and have less General Knowledge.

The question?

“What is the word for beer in Ancient Egyptian?”

Pub: *loud raucous laughter and cheering*

Landlord: *looks smug*

Me: Do you want that in English or in the original Hieroglyphs?

Landlord: The hieroglyphs of course!

Pub: *more laughter*

Me: *scribbles quickly in the 10 seconds I had to answer*

Landlord: Fuck. Me. 

Pub: *utter silence broken only by someone at the back exclaiming WTF* 

Landlord: How did you even know that?

Me: You picked the one person here who can read them?

Landlord: Oh shit it’s you isn’t it?

Dad yelling from the back: SURPRISEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

It’s safe to say we’re simultaneously fucking legends/not very popular at the local right now.

Aziraphale: doesn’t remember which side was responsible for a historical period 🤔 🤔

also Aziraphale: remembers exactly what food they were eating three centuries ago on his lunch date with Crowley 😍 😇 😈🥞

So, I started watching the kids’ show “Just Add Magic” on Amazon Video last night. Something about it is so compelling.

It’s very much a kids’ show.

Three 7th graders acquire a magic cookbook. Shenanigans ensue. (There’s also a kid with a “food bike” until he can get a food truck, and he doesn’t need magic to cook awesome things.)

In the background, there are all sorts of adults having their own problems, a plot with a spell-trapped grandma that’s a metaphor for living with a senile relative, and a guest appearance by Mira Furlan (who played Delenn in Babylon 5 and basically plays Delenn in this show too).

Is anyone else watching this? Or am I the odd adult out?

Top 5 Shows Girl Meets World Fans Who Miss That Show Should Check Out

So many Girl Meets World fans out there miss this amazing show. I do too. However upon trying to fill the void in my heart that Girl Meets Wold left me, I can say without a doubt that I have found five great family television series that have definitely helped me miss GMW a little less. Below are those five TV shows that I definitely feel hard core Girl Meets World fans will enjoy. Please share so many other GMW fans can have the chance to check out these series as well.

5. The Kicks - This ten episode long series focuses on a high school age female soccer player who moves to a new school and has to adjust to living in a new community and has to fit in with a new soccer team. The series is basically a five hour long sports movie but it does feature very relatable and realistic teenage girls. Plus the show is still interesting for all members of the family as well since the main characters’ parents and younger brother get plenty of screen time too experiencing their own interesting side stories and character development. It’s a simple show but it’s not stupid or dumbed down for kids, so it’s a pretty solid watch. *Available on Amazon Prime Video.

4. Sydney to the Max - This recently premiered series focuses on a young single girl named Sydney being raised by her single father as she navigates the simple and somewhat major problems that come from growing up in middle school. However the unique factor of the show is that Sydney’s father: Max gets plenty of focus as well since every episode features flashbacks to when he was a kid in the 90′s, thus showing viewers of all ages how much preteens have and have not changed in the last three decades. While most episodes feature simple sitcom plots, the strength of the show is the strong bond between Sydney and her father Max (and also Sydney’s super fun grandmother). The family of the show genuinely cares for each other and it often results in some very genuine and wonderful heart felt moments. *Available to watch on Disney Now.

3. Just Add Magic - This epic fifty episode long fantasy series focuses on three middle school age girls who come into the possession of a magical book that provides them with recipes to create magical food that can create major spells and curses on those that eat them. While the premise for this show sounds strange, this series is surprisingly one of the most solid children’s shows ever made in TV history. After the pilot episode (which is a little cringe worthy at times), the show begins to evolve into an epic fantasy mystery show. The mysteries are actually very well handled and the show’s mythology is very intriguing and concise. Plus the three girls of the show become three very intelligent young women that become great role models for female viewers watching. It’s a show with plenty of amazing surprises, surprisingly super smart writing, and great characters any one should check out. *Available on Amazon Prime Video.

2. Andi Mack - In this hit Disney series that has gained a huge following, a girl named Andi Mack’s entire world is shattered when she learns the woman she grew up thinking was her older sister was actually her mother who became pregnant with her when she was a teen. From this point onward the show becomes the story of figuring out what a family is as both daughter and young mother have to figure out their new roles as they both slowly mature and learn to become the type of responsible person they’re supposed to be at their current age. On top of that, the show tackles all sorts of realistic issues modern young people face in this day and age such as communicating with those with disabilities, teens having possession of guns, panic attacks, and dealing with peers coming out as gay. It may not be a show for very young viewers (and honestly in later episodes it begins to get a bit soap-operay with maybe too many love triangle sub-plots), but the show definitely addresses some terrific and intelligently complex mature life lessons that Disney has been long overdue at addressing. *Available to watch on Disney Now. 

1. Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street - Despite the strangely long title, this is one of the most solid and best written family shows of all time. The show focuses on a boy named Gortimer along with his two best friends Mel and Ranger (and eventually many more kids) who go about their normal lives in a seemingly normal neighborhood. But every now and then a simple but strange supernatural occurrence happens which eventually leads to the characters learning an important life lesson. What helps this show a lot is that the life lessons are very relevant to all ages and the characters are very down to earth and relatable. The humor is simple and subdued and the general atmosphere of the series has a strange way of making it engaging to both young kids and grandparents. The series’ stories vary from simple ones such as trying to win a school science fair, to much darker and mature stories that deal with the sudden death of a loved one. The series is only 39 episodes long but it winds up being just the right length as the short number of episodes wind up being just long enough to tell every necessary tale with the characters. *Available on Amazon Prime Video.

‘am I really about to start watching this show solely because of repeated exposure to gifs of two lovestruck assholes looking at each other’ is the core drive of my fandom experience

when you go back to daydreaming after having been interrupted and your brain does a previously on of your fantasy