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Visual development for Kpop Demon Hunters by Scott Watanabe

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I forgot about this concept art

IT'S AMAZING

Beautiful

Love all chromatic colors

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✨Golden✨

kpop demon hunters has been my new hyperfixation for the past 2 weeks but unfortunately i'm too employed and can't draw fast, so take this late illustration of my babies😭

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anyways i just love the way kpop demon hunters stayed true to its roots in korean/asian culture, especially around the core theme of community vs individualism

the fact that it's not a single chosen one but a group of three

the fact that the honmoon is not powered by the hunters themselves but by the energy and love of the fans

the fact that gwi-ma turns people into demons by promising that he is the only one who can help them when he is in fact reliant on his army of demons to collect souls for him

the fact that "your idol" is about surrendering yourself to a single higher power while "golden" is about soaring to new heights together

the fact that gwi-ma preys on people's individual insecurities and shame to get inside their heads while rumi, mira, and zoey set them free in the end by encouraging them to embrace their differences and reminding them that they're not alone

the fact that you can see the audience cheering individually and even pushing into each other to get closer to the stage during "your idol"

while they're linking arms and cheering together and hugging during "what it feels like"

i have not seen the live action lilo and stitch but it feels like that movie sits on the opposite end of the spectrum from kpop demon hunters as a case study for how to tell a story in way that is culturally authentic and still resonates with a broader audience

and i think given that the core theme of the movie is all about community over individualism, the ending, particularly as it relates to rumi and jinu's budding romance, is really the perfect culmination of that broader theme

rumi and jinu's connection has all the hallmarks of that all-encompassing, all-consuming, borderline co-dependent first love where you keep your relationship a secret and sneak out of the house to meet up and feel like the other person is the ONLY person who really gets you

i'm the only one who can understand you, i'm the only one who will love you is the kind of thing that sounds romantic when you're 16 until you get older and realize how toxic it actually is and i love that the movie counters that in "what it sounds like" with rumi realizing that she had that love and support all along from her girls, and later, from the fans who continue to cheer them on through their comeback

it's about connection and sisterhood and love and sharing your fears and lifting each other up and becoming stronger and better together

and as compelling as i found rumi/jinu and as much as i would like to see their relationship explored more in a sequel/series, i just really love that this movie, which is clearly targeted at young women, ends on the message that romantic love is not the end all be all, that friendship is just as important if not more so than a romantic partner, that single women can lead successful, fulfilling lives, that true happiness and freedom start from within

it's crazy that this message still seems revolutionary in 2025 but given the current state of the world, it feels more necessary than ever

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post-movie sappy comic of huntrix adapting to rumi’s new form 💖💖💖✨

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kpop demon hunters

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throwback to the milves <3

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Another Raven

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No but this is like. UNPRECEDENTED insane.

Over 1000 fics for a noncanon femslash poly ship, for a movie that a) already has a canon het romance and b) has only existed for A MONTH.

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I wish depression were an emergency. I wish someone could take one look at how sick I am and go “oh my god, we need to get you to a hospital!” and then when we get there I get rushed into surgery and the surgeons say “it’s a good thing you brought her here when you did, this is a seriously advanced case” and then they put me under and spend the next ten hours pulling metres of long, sticky black strands of gunk out of my body, throwing it immediately into an incinerator so that it can’t infect anyone else. And then they could stitch me back up and I could rest a few days, and when I leave the hospital everyone can see how much better I am and they congratulate me saying “well done, you’ve been so brave, I’m so glad you’re ok. I love you.”

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Did you know that one adult oyster can filter as much as 50 gallons of water per day? <---- sentence that is permanently etched into my brain after teaching ecology to kids for a year.

Both were filled at the same time with the same water, only one had oysters.

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Reblog if this is a comic about you 🥺

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What an amazing episode

“Breaking every rule! Taking on the authorities! So I could indulge in the joys of life on Earth! … Oh, a sky piece :)”

“It’s cooler because the collar isn’t supposed to go that way.”

“I think I’ll try drinkin’ tonight >:)” “Wow! I didn’t know you like apple juice!” “There’s a lot you don’t know about me, Steven.”

“Nostalgic for the suburbs? Haven’t they existed for, what, 70 years?”

“What was I supposed to tell the DMV? That I’m from another planet? I’m not exactly a citizen, Steven!”

“Pearl! You’re a total bad–” *slams on breaks*

“I was going to drink a JUICE and wear these PANTS and hit people gently enough as to not actually hurt them”

“Who cares about pants? You gunned it from the cops!” “That’s the most scared I’ve been since you almost let me die!”

“You’re a criminal now! :D” “Now? I’ve been a criminal for almost 6,000 years.”

“YOU CAN START SMALLER! TALK TO A NERD!”

“I told her: my appearance is just a conscious manifestation of light. And she said: I know how that is.”

“By the way, I saved your planet and your species and your welcome.”

“She walked off after handing me some sort of code” *holds up a phone number*

“You just like gave her some Shakespearean spiel about light? Then got her number like it was nothing?!”

Starring Pearl as Repressed Nerd Amethyst as Ultimate Wingman Steven as Voice of Reason And Introducing Mystery Girl as Herself

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best m/f dynamic is a flamboyant bisexual show-off desperately in love with an extremely practical girl who’s difficult to impress 🤩

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⋆｡°✩ new teen titans girls as kpop demon hunters ⋆｡°✩