#I'm not an opinon writer

[macabresymphonies]

Fiona and Cake's first two episodes just cemented me in my opinon that we NEED more Teen/YA animation.

For most of 2000s/2010s the series has a choice of being either limited by a low age rating, which in turn can affect how they develop and resolve more mature topics or to become the "adult cartoon" edgefest where everything has to be vulgar becase "it's funny you know?". Both of these scenarios forced showrunners to trick producers with their original pitches (Steven Universe is "fun adventures with superhero women", Adventure Time is "lol random humour, don't kids love it?", Bojack Horseman is "a horse, but he drinks and is depressed, hilarious!") while sneaking in their more mature/serious idea through. I'm not saying these shows can't actively be both, because they can, but to me the sweet spot is truthly the Teen/YA rating, since it doesn't force them to go either direction.

Seeing Fionna and Cake show just BE was really refreshing to me. Real life adult issues; LGBT and queer identities being shown without worrying somone will clutch their pearls; blood, depression and mundane issues neither being "implied" or being butt of the joke, just existing and getting resolved at their own pace. It's not vulgar, but it's not exactly pure; not super dark, but also not cheery and "turn your brains off" fun. Just nuanced, perfect to tell, well, more nuanced stories.

This also takes away from fans pressuring the shows into molds they don't fit in. I've seen so many people "expect this kids show to be more serious with it's plot" when it was literally a TV-G/TV-PG show that's just supposed to be fun without delving into some dark, deeper meaning. Even people complaining Rick and Morty fell off since it does not resolve it's "grander plot" without taking into consideration that it might just want to focus on the jokes and vulgarity and grander plots were part of a extended joke.

Maybe it's my eastern european sensibilities where to me if there isn't actual porn or graphic murder on screen then it's considered "TV-G", but I think having more cartoon shows fall into that sweet TV-14 category is good, actually.

(Episode promo art at the top by writer and storyboard artist Hanna K. Nyström)

[cappymightwrite]

I think jonsas dismissing j+d as something a pure invention is dishonest. We know they're gonna have a connection with each other and if it's not romantic then GRRM shouldn't have made Val as a Daenerys stand in. There are grounds for their romantic entanglement.

We don't "know" anything. It's all theories and it's all differences of opinion and interpretation! Bar possibly R+L=J, I'll always bristle at any theory being proclaimed as "basically canon."

But I'll tell you, and I'm being honest here, the evidence I find most "compelling" re J+D is... it's just how fucking derivitive it is. Oh sure, there are grounds all right... derivitive grounds.

No, genuinely, that's what that theory rests on most of all... it's how expected it is—he's ice, she's fire, wink wink, nudge nudge. She's the hot dragon lady, he's the hot broody guy. She's a Targ, he's a Stark, rival houses but... oh, what if... what if love overcame and maybe, if just for one moment (before he nissa nissas her) they are infinite!!

Give me a break, give me something MORE! I'm putting Jonsa in the bin here and I'm talking from a narrative perspective! J+D is derivitive as hell and sure, people like derivitive things, I do too at times, but I think if GRRM really aspires to elevate his series to something more than your run of the mill fantasy he should also aspire to something more challenging and subversive in the romance department too.

Maybe I'm just being contrary, pushing up against the status quo opinion, but I think BNFs need to be far more rigorous with their analysis of their possible future dynamic, which, btw, I don't deny will be there, and actually, I'm looking forward to it because what I get from Val is far more foreboding, imo, than lovey-dovey romantic. Again, that's my opinion, which you can disagree with, that's not me being "dishonest" to myself, concealing some burden of J+D truth.

Look, if GRRM is a reductive, unimaginative writer when it comes to romance (this self professed Romantic btw) then yeah, maybe I'll eat my hat and he'll go there and we'll get a tarted up version of the dog's dinner we got on the show... riviting stuff, can't wait. I just think (again, my opinon here) that he'll be a lesser writer for it if he does.

Honestly, these BNFs love to throw about the Faulkner quote like it's going out of style, but I really do wonder how many of them have actually read him... hmm, could be something to do with agendas, but who am I to say! Thanks for the ask.

[antiendovents]

We saw that poll from pluralpolls asking singlets if they would want to be a system and our jaw just,,,dropped

The misinformation, to start. DID IS NOT AN ALTER DISORDER. The "no trauma just headmates" ALSO NOT HOW IT WORKS!!

And the amount of people saying yes too??? "I want to be a system cause i'm a writer and i want to write my system characters better" "i don't want to be alone" "i can ask myself for opinons" I'm screaming wtf

yeah, we saw that when we were in school and just... What the fuck. it literally disgusted us. The misinformation, the amount of singlets saying "oh, yes, I want this trauma disorder without trauma, please, please, please", obviously they didnt say exactly that, but thats what it felt like. It feels very endo-y too

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helloooo i'm ice! also known as (probably) one of @danrifics's most prolific anons for the last couple of months. some of my (in my opinon) best asks include

thinking about when phil said he only looked emo to attract emo boys in a recent video because it fucking WORKED. he was literally drowning in emoboy pussy. absolute king

"you never know if someone in your life is struggling in silence" [DanielHowell] where my cockgobblers at

apparently phil was on the fence abt buying this shirt right. so i'm guessing he bought it after encouragement from dan. and he wore it in the video they shot after dan came home where he'd killed the houseplants. and dan COULD NOT STOP staring at phil. are you seeing where i'm going with this...

so if you like those then consider giving me a lil follow 😌

also i used to be a pretty prolific phanfic writer when i was 15 so i am NOT sharing my prev url. though feel free to guess it if fancy strikes you

[froggiewrites]

Since you reblogged something about anonymous opinons- mine is that you are one of, if not the, best One Piece fic writers on tumblr at the moment. And no, I'm not being dramatic or overly flattering or anything. You're just really good at it! I feel like when I read your stuff I can tell how thoughtful and intentional you are when you're writing. It's super refreshing and makes me jealous, since you're so talented. I especially appreciate the dialogue and grammar.

I hope you have a nice holiday tomorrow (if you so happen to celebrate or do anything special) and I look forward to your next piece. 💙

Oh my god this is so incredibly kind of you to say 😭😭 Thank you so much. I'm so humbled by how wonderful the response to my writing has been, I could never have dreamed of so many people enjoying my work. Genuinely, I can't express in words how grateful I am for the kindness I've received.

Thank you so much for this, anon. I can't stop smiling now. I'm going to have a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family tomorrow, and I hope everyone else who celebrates has a wonderful holiday too 😊 and to those who don't, I hope you have a wonderful normal day 💙

[kaseytoretto118]

Csi

(I am up to s9)

Ok so I'm watching Csi for the first time and (loving it, it is so going to be a regular re-watch/binge) I have thoughts.

1st thing is that I love Lady Heather/ Grissom and I wanted them to end up together, not Grissom and Sara. Don't get me wrong I like Sara (kinda) but I feel like her and Grissom's romantic relationship came out of left field, like one episode they were just friends and then the next Sara is going on about it not affecting the promotion and it kinda shocked me (maybe I was just not paying attention to the sub-text but I don't think I wasn't) and then when they are together it was not healthy. I think Lady Heather/ Grissom was a far better relationship as they had much better as they have chemistry(in my opinion but I think i'm right), no power em-balance. In fact that is one of the main points of their relationship is that they match each other on a power level (intellectually & in many other ways) and also they have better communication and just are a better looking couple (no offence to Jorja Fox, she is a beautiful woman but Lady Heather actress is just more my type). Maybe I will get more context or something later on in the show on how Sara/Grissom as a couple but for now (at least) I still ship lady Heather/Grissom.

On another note,

Archie is my favorite lab rat, love him.

Do we even meet Dave's (super Dave/ M.E assistant) wife?

Also I would so read Greg's book.

Is it just me or is it that Lindsey's ages so quick, like I feel like she went from like 7 to 14 in a couple of episodes/ a season. Is it just me that just me or is it a timeline thing?.

Why in Hades name did Warrick get married?, to a woman the audience only hear about less than a hand full of times. Also eloped, come on🙄. There is no way. he would have gotten married without his family (the csi team, cause they are differently a family).Nick, should have been his best man & the team should have not heard about it after the fact(I am ticked off with the writers about that).

Also I really thought that the Warrick/ Catherine plot-line was going somewhere. I wanted it to, I was rooting for them and loved the idea of them as a couple, I mean Grissom and Sara did it, so why not let them and unlike Sara/Grissom there was no power em-balance. As well there where many things that would have made Catherine/ Warrick a good couple (my opinon), like that they were friends first, they had go chemistry, they both understand the job, the things they saw and the hours and also Warrick knew Linsey and lastly and most importantly is that they knew each others pasts, historys and baggage. I think they would have been a great couple,

One of the many things that ticked me off about Warrick's death (I wish they did not kill him at but I don't know why Warrick's actor left), is that they gave him a son and did nothing with that storyline (maybe they did, who knows and maybe they do something in the later seasons but I doubt it) and now that kid has to grow up without a dad (yes I no it is a show but still in universe he has to) the thing Warrick did not want for him and Tina is the mother, right?.

I have fallen in love the Greg/Nick ship.

And I found a Bobby Dawson/Henry Andrews fic and now can't get over them as a couple.

Nick's hair, I swear it changes more than Sam Winchesters LOL.

Also Freaking Ecklie as under sheriff.

Where did Sofia go?

And I cannot get over the fact that Laurence Fishburne is in Csi, I keep yelling at his character about thing Jack Crawford did or expecting him to act like Jack LOL.

I have this idea/head-canon that Lucy Chen from the rookie and Nick Stokes being in a buried alive support group together and becoming friends.

And does anyone else kinda of play along with Csi to see if they can guess the answer/ killer/ motive/ what happened ?

And finally is Csi: Las Vegas, the sequel worth the watch after I finish Csi. As I Kind want to watch it (and am most likely going to watch it) but I just, wanted to get an opinion if it is any good.

[whencallstheheart]

My 10 x 10 opinons/thoughts:

Usually, I try to talk about different storylines in the episode.

However. this is all about Nathan/Elizabeth.

You said it! If Nathan/Elizabeth are not End Game this season, then this is just cruel!

The writers/showrunner has brought many Team Nathan fans back, though we're not trying to get our hopes up.

The show feels like S1 - S7 and seems to be going back to it's roots. And, I'm here for all of it!

Elizabeth is finally seeing Nathan Grant! This is not projecting Jack onto Nathan or PTSD like some fans claim it to be.

The wedding dress scene was a pleasant surprise/shock. I never expected that. Wrong dress but the right man saw it!

The speech advice Elizabeth gave him. Nathan didn't ask for her help, she willingly sought him out. It's annoying that some fans claim it's always the other way around.

Every scene with them is perfect chemistry. I hope that this isn't just ratings bait.

Then, that preview for next week. Is it a throwback to the Christmas movie when Nathan was offered a promotion, and Elizabeth convinced him not to take it?

If so, it's Elizabeth's turn to listen and think about life changing decisions.

Nathan/Elizabeth aside, I'm genuinely enjoy the season a lot. There were parts I didn't like (mostly the whole Faith/Nathan thing) but otherwise it's been solid. I can't believe this is what we're getting right now.

Yes, I liked how she explicitly said she was scared of losing another person that she cares about. That was important. I think there's definitely more to explore there with her grief but it's not merely about Jack.

Wrong dress but the right man. Absolutely! I loved that. She still took his breath away even in that hideous thing. What a moment!

Elizabeth is almost always the one approaching Nathan for stuff like that. She seeks him out consistently. Always has. She can't resist talking to him if he's around.

The argument about it being for ratings doesn't consider how it would backfire for next season if Nathan fans feel betrayed again. Yeah they might be watching now but they won't continue into season 11 if this is just a stunt. Besides, they don't need it. The show has been pulling in good numbers considering no one has cable anymore.

There's a longer version of that scene out that I posted. Ugh. It's so good. He's gonna get the truth out of her one way or another and we all know the answer. There's no way in hell she wants to be a governor's wife and move away. That goes against the whole premise of the show.

[simpjaes]

hellloooooooo (*≧∀≦*)

i hope you’re doing well.. coming on here just because in case no one asked , i hope you’ve been taking care of yourself … eating well , sleeping well and staying healthy😘

sometimes i come across you mentioning that you get a lot of hate which i genuinely don’t understand because you’re such an amazing writer, but think about it. all successful people are bound to attract individuals who are pathetically jealous of your talent !! i hope you don’t take it too harsh and personal. you’re alrdy doing gods work by serving cunt in all your fics!!

sending you a major astronomically big virtual hug because i cant do that irl.

i’m simpjaes has 100 fans i’m one of them. if simpjaes has 50 fans i’m one of them , if simpjaes has 10 fans i’m one of them. if simpjaes has zero fans , i am dead. i love you and ur works! sending positive energy and many good thought and. prayers for you 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

you are sooooooooooo sweet omfg!! i'm having a difficult time mentally rn but i'm slowly adjusting to my new schedule atm so i'll get better as the days pass!

but yeah, i rly do get a lot of hate. i know you guys see some of it but most of the time i just immediately block and move on with my life bc............to think i care about a random tumblr user having an opinon? lololololol ok. it is true that if you create content, there's bound to be someone to hate on you for it. i'm pretty used to it and equally as numb. so, no worries!! i don't take it too harshly.

i love u, thank u for being here with me!!!

[syscultureis]

~👁️~ /Soulbonder Anon/ Wow that was actually a very good answer. Also excuse me, i'm going to admit to lying now. I know what Soulbonding is- but I wanted a genuine anti-endo opinon as I know the cesspool of misinfo being sprouted around by endogenics. I apologize to that. (Atleast i'm not pro-endo anymore) Now, here's my response; I don't actually think it's that religious. Sure, it could probably be used like that; and cause religious psychosis (if used like that) But I myself have done some research and instead I find that it's a spiritual phenomenon where a character bonds to the writer or non-writer; sentient on its own. Also; I weirdly think it's neither endogenic nor traumagenic; seeing as it's more of an addon... Yeah... about your last sentence... Other than my buddo over here; i'd be singlet. But both systems and singlets can get soulbonds. And some don't see it as plural; while some do. This is why I was going on a tangent that soulbonding was absorbed into the endogenic community; my bad, again; it just doesn't feel like "tulpamancy" to me. It seems to have nothing to do with fragmenting an identity nor creating a headmate; rather forming a connection (multiverse beliefs or creator to creation) to the being. (Sometimes not even intentionally! That's something different from "tulpas!") Alright, that's all. Thanks for sharing your opinon with me! And I do agree; people with soulbonds should keep in check with reality now and then. Not in a "the multiverse is not real way" but in a "I accidentally thought I was an endo "system" for some time being" Btw if you want more info, you can ask for it. Otherwise i'll leave you alone now... I rambled for too long. ^^''

Honestly sometimes lying is the only way to get a truly unbiased opinion on certain things, so I don't mind that you did

And I'm glad you liked the answer, I might actually do more research into the whole thing

I'm always happy to hear new information and learn new things

[librarycards]

Anonymous opinon: you're one of my favorite writers ever (:

anon this made me so emo......thank you, this seriously means so much to me and i'm honored to get to share my words w you <33333333333

[astrologypersonalityandcartoons]

Supernatural Favorites

(Note: I said I was gonna be doing this for all my fandoms, and here is the second one. For those who don't know, I'll be putting these out for all my fandoms listing my favorite charcters, a quote from them, a song or two that make me think of them for whatever reason, and the reasons I love them,as well as a song that reminds me of the piece of media with zero context on that, okay let's get started.)

Supernatural: I was here by Beyonce,Fire by Gavin Degraw, The Resistance by Skillet

Jack Kline-"I guess my point is that... if I don't make it... The stuff I'd miss... it wouldn't be things like Tahiti. Or the Taj Mahal. I'd miss more time with you. I'm getting that life isn't all these big, amazing moments. It's time together that matters. Like this" Songs that remind me of him/them-Let Your Heart Hold Fast By Fort Atlantic, Heirloom By Sleeping At Last, Reasons I love him: He started out as a simple comfort character that reaffirmed many of the other character’s choices and ability to choose, and ended being a slightly more complex character than any of them. Plus he had so much untapped potential for character moments that would have been great.

Castiel-"Now I realize that there is no righteous path. It's just people trying to do their best  in a world where it's far too easy to do your worst." Songs That Remind Me of him: Hey Jude- By the Beatles, Soldier By Fleurie Reasons I love him: Again mostly comes down to his connection with characters major and minor in this case, he never fails to see the good in a situation though in his beginning stages he sometimes failed to see the bad. He believes in chances for almost everyone even the son of his worst enemy and goes on to make a great character. Who while the love confession  towards his  best friend/ could have been boyfriend Dean was great did the writers have to use it to make his entire character and growth based on the person he loves romantically even in this case, and then have him die, No very clearly no.

Sam Winchester- “It doesn’t matter what you are. It only matters what you do. It’s your choice.”- Songs that remind me of him: Zero By Imagine Dragons, Breaking The Habit By Linkin Park,  Reasons I love him: My favorite most consistent main character of the bunch. He loves the helping part of the job is what it’s always seemed like to me.I especially love in later seasons how with so much experience in being the weird guy in the fam, he just goes full hearted on helping the other black sheeps in the families. He sticks up for choice consistently and believes in his own family . Overall the kind of guy who if he wasn’t a hunter, I could see myself getting along with.

Bobby Singer-“FAMILY DON’T END WITH BLOOD, BOY.” Songs that remind me of him: Bad Liar By Imagine Dragons.Reasons I love him: How does one describe why they love original Bobby Singer’s character? Well I’ll give it my personal take. He is not only a great father figure and balance between the boys when he is in the show, but also a great character in his own right. While I originally would put Dean higher before watching season 7-15,and Bobby Lower (still #5 don’t worry), that changed heavily based on the Bobby episode  Deaths door. It made me retroactivelly rethink about Bobby everything I knew,and made me love his character for the little time he had on the show moving forward. Also this, and what I’m about to say about Dean are purely my opinon,so don’t spread hate in my comments. 

Dean Winchester-“That's crap. You always have a choice. You can either roll over and die or you can keep fighting, no matter what.”- Songs That Remind Me of Him: All Alright By Fun, Shots By Imagine Dragons,   Old Time and Rock and Roll Bob Seger and the silver bullet band. Why I like this character: His character early on easily persuaded me on why he was one of the main characters, but eventually the show took Dean’s angry phases and almost controling/overprotective nature a little bit to far for my liking, and then kept doing it for long enough periods of time that it got very annoying very quickly. In the begging tho, I loved his character he hardley ever gave up, he cared about his family in a weird but understandable way, he was absolutely a delight to watch. In the end he end up making me almost keyword almost agree with the many that say that Supernatural should have ended in season 5. Because after that is when his character quickly started getting stale. But he started out great so point for that. But part of the only reason I’m even putting him on is people would have bitched otherwise. They did his character dirty, (yes dirtier than they did Sam’s) sorry not sorry.

[dragynkeep]

Schneekos

Purrha

Pyrruby

Sienna/Kali

Ironwinter

meme, not accepting.

schneekos ! / don't ship.

why don't you ship it : really it's just the way their canon relationship is handled with no growth. pyrrha's whole character revolves around how she dislikes being held up on a pedastal & used only for her name & fame, which is exactly what weiss does in their first interaction. it never changes when honestly, it really should've considering this is something they could've bonded over, being viewed as a name & as a trophy rather than actual people.

what would have made you like it : pretty much what i outlined above, weiss & pyrrha developing together to view each other as more than what they can be for other people. getting beneath the "ice queen" & "invincible soldier" to see the true selves of each other is textbook a trope i adore & i'm sad it didn't have in canon. also that height difference. woof.

despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it : a lot of the fanart for this ship is gorgeous & i can absolutely see why people are head over heels for it! i am, for my own version of them wheeze.

purrha ! / ship.

what made you ship it : it's not something i ship ship but there wasn't really a neutral option in the meme wheeze. however i do like that they both have these "masks" they put to the world & that with the minimal interactions they have in canon — curse you writers — that pyrrha is one of the few who doesn't other blake. also height difference. i'm a sucker for height differences okay.

what are your favorite things about the ship : the colour comparisons & the aesthetics, as shallow as it sounds lol. blake would obviously have a lot of negative connotations with red but the red & gold of pyrrha feels warm, welcoming & fits the dynamic of their relationship.

is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship : is there even enough of purrha to have an unpopular opinon of it? i guess that, like with a lot of blake ships, pyrrha shouldn't be relegated to "protecting" blake from racism & speaking over her. it's weird & super white saviourist in tone. hard pass.

pyrruby ! / ship.

what made you ship it : they have so many romantic tropes connected to their relationship in canon & it?? drives me crazy?? like pyrrha's sacrifice being the thing to unlock ruby's powers that're canonically driven by love. the colour combos. ruby saving pyrrha amidst her mental breakdown in v3. fated heroes comparison !!

what are your favorite things about the ship : pretty much everything i outlined above but really i just love how soft the ship is. a lot of my ships range in flavours of problematic & troublesome so every once in a while, i'll have a soft one like this & really love it.

is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship : pyrruby is the superior ship name over whatever the typical rwby ship name is for them lol.

khali ! / ship.

what made you ship it : it has absolutely nothing to do with their canon relationship but everything about what they could have been. like ghira was pretty much not needed if we'd just had it that sienna & kali had run the white fang wanting the same thing but then broke apart due to differing views of how to do it. let them parallel adam & blake!! sapphic moms!!

what are your favorite things about the ship : i love the opposite sides sapphic trope & really it would remind me of another sapphic ship i love, villanelle. also the tragedy of them having been happy for that long while, only to have it torn apart by the world around them & their own ideals: while still holding that love for each other so deeply.

is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship : do people even ship this enough for an unpopular opinion.

ironwinter ! / ship.

what made you ship it : literally everything about the relationship!! the mentor / mentee trope!! i trust you above everyone else!! it's us against the world!! i can't let you do this cause i can't lose you!!

what are your favorite things about the ship : that they actually see each other beneath the labels other people put onto them. james is the first one to see winter as who she is, not just a schnee progidy. winter sees james as more than just the general.

is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship : they were actually soulmates crwby are just cowards.

[greywitchproject]

What's your opinons about Effie Trinket characterization :

In the books :

In the movies :

Do you think Effie was oblivious about her privilege?

Do you like Elizabeth Banks portrayal of Effie?

Thank you :)

@curiousnonny

I haven't read the books in a long time but I did rewatch the movies a few months back. So I'm just gonna go with my overall thoughts on Effie.

Effie as a character really fascinates me the same way Caesar Flickerman did. Like they makes me want to read thg in their pov because we know so little about them—about their opinions, how their brain works, what they really think about things, etc.

It's because we don't know much about her that I find her intriguing—is she really just a capitol pawn or is she more than just her pretty face? That's why I love reading fics that explore her and the different ways fic writers add their own headcanon and stuff. It's always interesting, you'll never get bored of it.

Now, I LOVE Elizabeth Banks' portrayal of Effie, I think she brought her own twist to her character. She made the character extra interesting and entertaining to me. At times she's like a comic relief, she's sassy, plus the glances and stares she sends Haymitch's way while she purses her lips, love that. Wish we could've seen more of that haha.

So yeah, in conclusion, I love Effie, and I love Elizabeth Banks' portrayal of her, it left me wanting for more.

[floralovebot]

yeah i agree the tiktok community is really mean sometimes

i heard this fun fact about flora being a top student and joked about it a little on a fake jokey tecna flora beef video (the creator said it was a joke between them and their friend so it wasn't really editing beef) but the comment was met with so much... (no hate) reactions because i dared to jokingly say that "ive heard somewhere that flora is smarter than tecna, i wonder if they have beef over their personal learning styles"- which tbh i know sounds kind of silly It Was but someone- the first comment actually was like "you flora stans are always making things up istg" to which i reply "oh i just saw it in the winx power musical and i heard it somewhere :)" and they were like "thats not canon tho" and people were so quick to like defend tecna and lol all caps at my little comment because the very idea that flora and tecna (fictional characters) would have "beef over personal learning styles" when the point was inteligence is kinda subjective. i mean- flora is a botanist and observant like how she noticed the fern in helia's paper. she can revitalize forests as well with convergence magic/her own magic and can speak to nature. ofc tecna is smart too! i mean Super smart and a stratagist- combative skills are great, and knows so much about technology and tecnomagic. but in a different way that Alfea might not value or specialize with their classes (it said she was above average student) it's also a flaw given that she "relies too much on logic" so I just joked that she ""might have beef"" with someone who works differently. (luckily they don't seem to Real beef in canon or said musical which makes me happy good for my stem fairies)

anyway one of the main issues about the drama on that site is like how much people care so much about scaling the characters to the point where it gets Very Opinonated and like ???? (especially Flora where there are two camps who see her as super weak and super strong where i think shes in the middle in s1-4) Often people seem to dislike the belief that Flora is stronger due to her powers being nature which is everywhere. Which I get too. But I'm in the camp that she is a very strong and capable character who the writers wrote her to be weaker alone with the Trix in season 1 because of her personality. but they tone this down we see her strength really grow in the next 3 seasons and she is seen holding her own against other foes. it makes sense because in season 1 most were new students and we see the evolution of her powers. from what I gather she is written to be on the same level as the other Winx in the Nickelodeon era (5-7) and world of winx for the most part, with that fight with her and Icy in 6 being a notable one. overall im not always a fan on how some of the writers handled the "emotional side" of flora, aisha, and musa in some scenes. especially in battle having their temper/emotional side being a slight "deterence" or a flaw. (ie Aisha and Valtor, Aisha and nemesis in wow, and her search for vengance in s4, Musa having the Pixie of manners which ig but I've never seen her as someone with "bad manners") in my opinon it might be better with Musa than the others. like rushing into it while for the others, notably stella and bloom- their emotions is their motivation and source of their power and energy where it is often the others "are more instinctive" sometimes or where they rely on too much on one idea like their ideology (Tecna and flora?? maybe) or they are throwing their caution out and diving in. yet stella and bloom are depicted as clearheaded in the story to me- as in it's not a main flaw for them. what do you think?

- the rankings can be intentionally or unintentionally mean spirited as well, if they think all of the fan transformation is pretty and drawn good there isnt so much like mean words but if like they have more mixed opinons you see people write things like "eww" you dont have to like it or have your strong dislike thats a point of critique but mind your words geez. dont need to say eww or like "do i need to say anything." (<worst offender to me) when when i would watch it to see your like geniune "design critiquing" about something from a artist or fandom you like. ngl it kind of takes me back to like old cringe videos when ppl would say these like out of pocket things and used the most intense language over art but not as much so as that sort of thing was so much more extreme and was like an abuse of like power with those people having so many followers. and it seems like they do not get permisson to repost the fan transformations as many artists want you to ask them their policy on sharing/resposting before doing so with credit.

i hope this sort of behavior from those old ragebaiting cringe videos where the fans go to harass artists doesn't resurface with winx fan artists, i dont think it will turn into that. i just find it odd and and kinda sad the intensity of the words being used by the tiktok population tbh. even if people have always been kinda hyperbolic(ish) online it's weird to see everything worded like that like "eww no" to a fan design you dont like? can be unintentionally demotivating and hurtful

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the tecna vs flora thing is Wild !! flora is canonically a straight A student and consistently one of the best students at alfea. tecna is absolutely the Smart One but their specialities lie in different areas. tecna does Not know as much about plants, chemistry, or potion making. just like flora doesn't know as much about technology, engineering, or piloting. they have their individual strengths!! being that mad that someone acknowledges flora's canon intelligence or headcanons that they may have conflict over how they learn is so ? like,,, tecna canonically gets mad at flora's plants being everywhere and that's Part of flora's schooling,, it's not wild to say they may have small arguments from time to time!

and god yes the power scaling is SO bad!! first, who gives a fuck, all of the winx are canonically strong and powerful as shit, we don't need to have a fucking pissing contest about it. but second, it's literally canon that bloom is the strongest! that's not debatable! it's so funny to me when i see people say "oh well she's only the strongest because of the dragon's flame 🙄" like yeah... that's the point... that's part of the plot... Hello??? it's such a funny statement to me like imagine saying something like that about any of the other characters "well aisha is only a water fairy because she's the fairy of waves 🙄" "well sky is only royalty because he's a prince 🙄" like yes good job thank you for stating the obvious! it's so akjdhgk like yes bloom IS the strongest because of the dragon's flame! do you want a cookie for figuring that out alhjdglag

also the "official" ranking of who the strongest winx is changes every season! in the first season, tecna was the strongest. then it was stella. then it changed to flora. iginio changes his mind A Lot and it's often based on popularity and individual character arcs in the season. some tiktok teens have convinced themselves that the whole "flora is the second strongest" thing was Made Up by flora stans just because they don't have five minutes to google it themselves ahdla they also think iginio only said that because flora is his favorite even though he's said multiple times that musa is his favorite winx but yknow! whatever!

i've noticed they also only consider offensive attack magic when considering the power levels,,, like the reasoning anti flora fans have for her being the weakest is just that she uses a lot of defensive magic alkdghl like yeah that's part of her personality? she doesn't like to hurt people, even the trix. it's literally a "flaw" that she has that the winx call her out on because she ends up getting hurt because she refuses to hurt the villains. like,, her being more peaceful is Not an indication of her power level but okay! tecna also uses a lot of defensive spells but no one says anything about her aldhgl like wow they all have different fighting styles! what a surprise!

ALSO YES ohmygod the first time i saw a tiktok rating a fan transformation?? i kid you not, i literally gasped out loud. the fucking rudeness??? i think tiktok fans have this issue where they literally do not humanize other winx fans, especially the artists, so they think it's perfectly okay to not only repost their art but also criticize it. i've actually seen a lot of that kind of art discourse on tiktok where people think "oh if you post it online it's basically up for grabs and anyone can shit on it". like,,, no,,,,, it's literally just common decency to not criticize someone's personal art?? unless they're very explicitly asking for it, you don't get to do that??? and everyone in the comments was Also bashing these poor artists and it's like??? did no one teach you people manners????? it's absolutely not the same thing as criticizing the canon transformations and it's actually so upsetting that these kids think it's okay.

[backjustforberena]

What do you think of the 9th episode of season 1? Did it properly portray Rhaenys or compliment her, after all the news of Meleys being paraded through King's Landing being called "traitor"? do you think the writers made the right decision making her come out through the floor of the Dragonpit killing all those smallfolk who then are watching Meleys' head roll through their city in season 2?

I've spoken about what I think about the ninth episode before in various asks. I can go into more detail if there are particular specifics you want, but ultimately I love what it represented for the character but thought that the Dragon Pit scene and sequence were poorly executed for a myriad of reasons that created the outrage and polar opposite reactions amongst the fans. Whether that is a result of timings, budgets, script or complexities of piecing multiple filmed pieces into one scene, I don't know. I can't say and wouldn't want to speculate.

But I do like what it means for the character of Rhaenys and what it represents for her in finally taking action for once and regaining her inner Targaryen (for want of better phrasing). And her scene with Alicent I viewed as masterful from both actresses and really fascinating.

So... the spoilers. I know speculation is rife. We have concrete facts such as the display of Meleys and the proclamation that's given out. We know that, for at least some portion of it, there is very little reaction from the smallfolk other than some boos. I'm not willing to come to any conclusion. Simply for the fact that: we don't know enough.

We don't know if they're going to put a bigger crowd reaction in ADR and were only filming it so the messenger's shouts could be picked up by the microphones at that moment. We don't know how the smallfolk are feeling or if Meleys's actions in the Pit are at the forefront of their mind to therefore draw a direct line of cause and effect. We don't know the body count of the coronation or how the Greens have (or even if the Greens have) weaponised that prior to Rook's Rest. We don't know if this is the whole reaction, or part of a much larger thing.

There is so much we don't know, and that's just about the events. Never mind what the influence of the perception or context or music or whatever will then add on as it is filmed and edited. They could take this footage and make the audience feel sadness at Meleys's death. Or they could take the footage and make the audience feel triumphant on behalf of the Greens. Either, at this stage, is possible, in my opinon.

As things stand, I am just taking it at face value. I'm taking it as not being related to the Dragon Pit at all. Meleys can be called a traitor dragon simply just because she fought for Rhaenyra's side and the Greens are actively promoting the narrative where Rhaenyra is a traitor, so it's not a huge surprise to hear things like that, to me.

The Dragon Pit sequence was obviously a departure from the books, but so far, the video doesn't really show me a reaction that does depart from the books.

Were right choices or wrong choices made? I don't know. I've not seen the scene. I refrain from judging. People can think what they think.