Pauline Acquart - Retenez Son Nom

[DMt.]

Did I mention I now own the dvd?

Oooofff...<curls up on the floor, grimacing and clutching at underpants>

You sure it says WTF? o.o

Well, pretty sure, LPM...part of the W is obscured by the car, but, y'know...

[fish]

...grimacing and clutching at underpants...

I'm not quite sure I was ready for that amount of information.



"Pauline la magnifique": "Je promets que je vais prendre du poisson de poster quelques jolies photos, si seulement il serait descendre de son cul.
Croyez moi?"

[DMt.]

We want to believe there'll be lots of lovely new pics of Notre Acquart...

[It's nearly Christmas, after all].

[fish]

[It's nearly Christmas, after all].

I thought we were going to have a "leap Christmas" this year. I'm sick of it already.



Where to begin.
I've made plenty of pics from Blanche Neige and in order to do justice to such an excellent production I thought I'd post them as full screen pics, rather than crop them about a bit. I'll also try to stick with the story line and not just pick out the best ones. Some will show the full effect of the gauze curtain and some will be quite clear.
You may make of them what you will, and I welcome any "outsiders" to join the Forum and make comments too if they wish.

If anything crops up in Pauline's life as we go along I'll pause Blanche Neige to look at it.

Introductions first:
The show's creator.


The evil step-mother.


The handsome prince.


And our heroine Snow White.

[fish]

Scene one.
At a leisurely pace.
Our heroine at her needlepoint.

[DMt.]

I kind of think she might be playing Blanche's Mum, the Queen, here...?

But anyway, beautiful pic.

[fish]

Of course.
That makes so much more sense than my assumption that it was a "flash forward" scene.
Or that she was in some way a time traveler.
It also explains why I was sure they were Pauline's legs in the "childbirth" scene which follows soon after.
(I'm not entirely convinced about seven year olds being an appropriate audience. This and a couple of other scenes may be a tad on the "mature" side.)

At this stage, unless there's a huge public outcry, I don't intend posting the "childbirth" scene as there are no good close-ups of Pauline's face to be found.



Watch out!
That needle's sharp.
"Ouch."

[Ian]

There are some things that man was not meant to see...

[fish]

With your own kids being born it's fine, lovely in fact.
But other people's?


Oi!
I've injured myself here.
Give me some attention.

[DMt.]

I wonder if a bit of anti-aliasing might soothe la Reine's outlines [if not her pricked finger]...?

[fish]

...anti-aliasing..?

Compounded by that bloody gauze curtain, but...
I tried to smooth out the edges as much as I could, but I'm only using "Microsoft Office Picture Manager".
Nowhere near as sophisticated as Photoshop but it's about all my intellect can handle I'm afraid.
Smooth the outlines by losing the definition.

Any ideas of an easy way to achieve better results would be appreciated.



The Queen is with child.
A child is born, but there are complications.
A mother dies.



Years pass.
The child becomes a young woman.
Her father, the King, is still lonely without a Queen.

[DMt.]

A few more days and it will be 5,000 more views since the 90k mark...100k for New Year, perhaps?

Stout work as usual, O Fish.

[fish]

...100k for New Year, perhaps?...

Be nice to pass that milestone, eh?



The young woman and her father are apart for a while.



And he returns with a new wife.
A new Queen.
A step-mother for Blanche Neige.

[DMt.]

Uh-oh...here comes the baddie...

[fish]

Uh-oh...here comes the baddie...

And how!


The Queen and her magic mirror.
But the mirror prefers Blanche Neige.



She's given new "common" clothes by her step-mother.