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Cake day: February 16th, 2024

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  • Oh right yeah it being photoshop makes more sense.

    A bit of liquify on the corners of the mouth and add a set of nice white teeth. I was a bit unsure at first but I have the extended edition on my hd as I was gonna watch the trilogy for the first time in years. So I quickly just browsed through that scene. And imo the only framing that fits is that “I have no memory of this place” as when Gandalf just sits there pondering he doesn’t have his hat on, and then when he realises the smell and gets a bit happier, there’s no further closeup.

    So a very understandable mistake to make and I could’ve bought it had I not had reference so easily available.

    Edit Cover his mouth with something and you’ll see how “odd” the eyes are, that was the giveaway to me. It doesn’t feel like he’s smiling if you do that. And Sir Ian os definitely able to smile with his eyes on command, that I know for sure.


  • and it is a legit screencap.

    Bullshit it is. It’s based on a real screencap, but those are not the teeth of the great Sir Ian Mckellen. And if he was actually smiling, he would be smiling warmly, none of this weird AI forgot to fo the eyes when prompted to make an image smile.

    edit for reference

    edit 2 furthe reference as this is clearly the scene where it’s supposedly from




  • I like to keep reminding drivers about this by walking in front of their cars when they’re not expecting it.

    No joke, no sarcasm.

    I just don’t care about getting hurt as much as I care about teaching these drivers a lesson. I don’t jump in front of cars randomly if they don’t see me, but a driver who clearly looks me in the eye when I’m clearly about to step on a crosswalk — I don’t even hesitate to step in front of them no matter what they’re driving and how hard. (*edit I tell a lie, I actually don’t do it to public transportation now that I think about it) Several times people have had to stomp their brakes and even somewhat slid sideways on an icy road.

    I have been yelled at several times, but 9/10 the people realise it’s their mistake. The remaining 10% are egotistical arseholes who know they’re wrong but can’t handle it.

    I do this because traumatising the driver with “oh shit I almost ran over someone” could prevent a kid from getting run over by those exact drivers.