#Still feel like my art style is so inconsistent but hey what can ya do

[sketchy-tour]

HAPPY VERY LATE HALLOWEEN!!!

*flops onto the floor and cries*

[yourlocalsimpsonsandsanriofan]

💫A goofy AHHH review💫

hey guys it's ya boi Rusty here again!! and I'm here to review:

Yes yes, I can hear y'all now saying "but it's made for kids" "bro why are u watching this" 🤓☝

Stop right there, bud. ✋

This show is pretty good so far, all things considered! I decided to watch it for the nostalgia (and for mah boi Smee ofc!)!! I watched this show a little bit when I was younger, so I remember it fairly well. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it isn't cringe! (Well, some parts are a little iffy but we'll get to that in a minute.) It's actually tolerable and even made me laugh at some parts!

💫The songs💫

The songs aren't that good, in fact their kinda cringe. (But ofc I gotta go easy on this show cuz yes, it is intended for little kids with no brain cells.) At the end of every episode (wich usually consists of two episodes ranging from 15 minutes long each, making up the 30 minute mark.) There's these two ideots called Sharky and Bones who sing a song, and it's cringe. The lyrics arent funny, and their singing isn't even that good. I get that the humer is supposed to have zero brain cells, but come on guys. U gotta try a bit harder than that. The background music for the episodes is ok, nothing I would casually listen to though.

💫The characters💫

We have a few new characters to add to the Peter Pan universe by the names of Jake, Cubby (WHY ARE THEIR TWO CUBBYS?!), Izzy, Skully, Sharky and Bones. (And Captain Hook and Mr. Smee of course!!) The character designs are good, they work well for everyone, except Hook. Hook just looks weird in this art style honestly. And at first I didn't like Smee's design in this, but it grew on me. (The og is still better though!) In fact, he might even look kinda cute! :D

The voice acting for them is great too!! Its very expressive and something you wouldn't normally get from a kids show. The new voice actors for Smee and Hook almost sound IDENTICAL to the og's! There are some minor differences, but nothing to really make me get annoyed at. The animation is smooth and fluid too! I can tell that they used computer Riggs, but it's barely even noticeable! Which from what I heard, computer Riggs are pretty hard to do. So thats honestly impressive!

💫The insecurities of Jake and The Neverland Pirates💫

First off, I wanna talk about how Smee is portrayed. In the og movie, he's supposed to be a bumbling ideot (but a lovable ideot imo!). In this series, he seems to have a few brain cells, which I dislike. They didn't stay true to his character! Neither did they with Hook. He isn't that goofy anymore, neither is he evil, but he's in between. I can't really describe it, but something is off with his personality.

Like I said before, the music isn't very good, and neither is the pacing of each episode. It's inconsistent and feels too slow at times. The plot points for each episode are predictable too. The kids find something to play with, and Hook wants whatever it is and steals it and they take it back etc etc. The dabloons make no sense either! They collect dabloons each episode for their chest, but why?! What does it accomplish?! Maybe Im not smart enough to understand but that makes no sense to me. It's repetitive too, but not to the point where u want to shove a gun into the side of your head and call it quits. Like I said, it's tollerable! It does feel like Micky Mouse Clubhouse though (I HATE MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE.), but with Peter pan 💀

💫Conclusion💫

I like this show, and I think it's cute! It has potential!! Maybe just get rid of the repetitiveness and the cringe songs and it could be good! I reccomend this is you want the nostalgia from your chilhood (well technically I'm still a kid but whatever LOL)!!

That's my thoughts on this show! I haven't finished the first season yet, but maybe my views will change, but well see. But when they do, I'll keep u posted!! Thanks for reading this and I hope you have a spectacular day/night!!! I love you :D❤❤

(Oh yeah one last thing I gotta note is that Smee actually referred to Hook as "your greatness" 🤨 idk man..)

[theetangerine]

What it’s real like being a Dyslexic

Today's  post shall be about Dyslexia from  "Dyslexia the Gift". Well I didn't know that I was blessed with such an omnipotent power. Thank you Dyslexia the Gift for Awakening my abilities. Anyways this post is just my rebuttal to this list as an Anthropomorphic Tangerine with severe dyslexia. Here we go: General:

1. Appears bright, highly intelligent, and articulate but unable to read, write, or spell at grade level.

Ahhhhh.......... so I am all those big words that I can't spell or pronounce.

BTW who ever came up with the word Dyslexia is a troll cause you knew damn well I can't spell that.

2. Labelled lazy, dumb, careless, immature, “not trying hard enough,” or “behavior problem.”

Hey I am not lazy just because Suzie spends her the night figuring out Algebra questions and I on the other hand will look at her formula, "Copy and Paste" for myself and even then at the end of the day I stilled will have learned it. Einstein did say there are different types of genius.

3.Isn’t “behind enough” or “bad enough” to be helped in the school setting.

Let's just pretend it didn't take me 3 times to read this inorder to understand it. Anywhose.

The school suggested to my parents to take me to get tested. Although I think it was because they wanted justify their discrimination against me.

 4.   High in IQ, yet may not test well academically; tests well orally, but not written.

Lies. I failed in both.

5.Feels dumb; has poor self-esteem; hides or covers up weaknesses with ingenious compensatory strategies; easily frustrated and emotional about school reading or testing.

*clear throat* In best Beyonce voice "I'm survivor................"

6.Talented in art, drama, music, sports, mechanics, story-telling, sales, business, designing, building, or engineering.

 Ohh.......come on I suppose to be talented in these fields why didn't Dyslexia tell me this.

7.Seems to “Zone out” or daydream often; gets lost easily or loses track of time.

They were in the Zone like in Soul

woahh..... that was a bar.

8.Difficulty sustaining attention; seems “hyper” or “daydreamer.”

 As I type this I peer out through the window wondering if clouds really are made of precipitation or that is what the Illuminati wants you to think.

 9. Learns best through hands-on experience, demonstrations, experimentation, observation, and visual aids.

Crash Course history is my religion.

Vision, Reading, and Spelling:

10.Complains of dizziness, headaches or stomach aches while reading.

 Starts going in the 4th dimension if I pick up a book.  

11.Confused by letters, numbers, words, sequences, or verbal explanations.

Algebra is not for dyslexics. You mix letters and numbers together. Mathematicians were not thinking of dyslexics when Algebra was created.

 12. Reading or writing shows repetitions, additions, transpositions, omissions, substitutions, and reversals in letters, numbers and/or words.

Yes Yes . Truly feal for all of of my teacher who read my essays.

13.Complains of feeling or seeing non-existent movement while reading, writing, or copying.

I am Percy Jackson so I am a god.

 14.Seems to have difficulty with vision, yet eye exams don’t reveal a problem.

 I actually had glasses.

15.Extremely keen sighted and observant, or lacks depth perception and peripheral vision.

Yet another sentence I can't understand. Hold up let me go and look up “depth perception” so I can understand this sentence, real quick.........................This is true.  

 16.Reads and rereads with little comprehension.

Reading number fifteen (15) proves this.

 17.Spells phonetically and inconsistently.

 Hooked on Phonics told me otherwise.

Hearing and Speech:

18.Has extended hearing; hears things not said or apparent to others; easily distracted by sounds.

Being an only child while being home alone this ability doesn't have any benefits.

 19.Difficulty putting thoughts into words; speaks in halting phrases; leaves sentences incomplete; stutters under stress; mispronounces long words, or transposes phrases, words, and syllables when speaking.

 I feel called out.

Writing and Motor Skills:

20.Trouble with writing or copying; pencil grip is unusual; handwriting varies or is illegible.

 I may have changed my writing style multiple times. Some legible, some not.

 21.Clumsy, uncoordinated, poor at ball or team sports; difficulties with fine and/or gross motor skills and tasks; prone to motion-sickness.

But if I am supposed to be talented at sports in the afro-mention point why can't I catch a ball.

Dyslexia being confused since 1877.

 22.Can be ambidextrous, and often confuses left/right, over/under.

Yip...A 20 something that doesn't know their left from their right.

 Math and Time Management:

23.Has difficulty telling time, managing time, learning sequenced information or tasks, or being on time.

Well if I can't tell time I can't manage my time thus I don't have enough time to do tasks so that is why I am never on time.

 24.Computing math shows dependence on finger counting and other tricks; knows answers, but can’t do it on paper.

 Only if Math exam were oral I would have accolades in Math.

 25.Can count, but has difficulty counting objects and dealing with money.

 Y'all I have nightmares about being a cashier.  

 26.Can do arithmetic, but fails word problems; cannot grasp algebra or higher math.

As I said before Algebra not, for dyslexics.

Memory and Cognition:

27:Excellent long-term memory for experiences, locations, and faces.

I wish could forget about that time I fell down in front the entire school. And yes this is not an exaggeration. The ENTIRE school saw this.  

28.Poor memory for sequences, facts and information that has not been experienced.

Subjects dyslexics shouldn't do:

Science: too many big words you can't spell.

History or Literature: reading is detrimental to your health.

Math:  A-L-G-E-B-R-A

 29.Thinks primarily with images and feeling, not sounds or words (little internal dialogue).

Sad truth I wear my heart on my sleeves. It's fricking annoying cause I want to be mad in peace without anyone knowing Goddamn it .

 Behavior, Health, Development, and Personality: 

30.Extremely disorderly or compulsively orderly.

I am Death the Kid.

(If you don't get that reference you are uncultured)

 31.Can be class clown, trouble-maker, or too quiet.

Like I was disliked in school for being too quiet. You would think that it was students oh no no no Patricia it was teachers.

Sorry Mrs. Emily for not giving you grey hairs, so you have the opportunity to go home to your loving husband to complain about how much you hate your job and kids. While you thinking about your affair with the young nextdoor neighbour, who you would end up marrying only to then leave them for a hot 20 yea.............................Ummmm that got a bit personal there lets continue shall we  

32.Had unusually early or late developmental stages (talking, crawling, walking, tying shoes).

 It took a while to learn how to tie my laces.

 33.Prone to ear infections; sensitive to foods, additives, and chemical products.

So wait not only did Dyslexia inhibit my ability to read, comprehend and to tell my right from my left to function normally in society but it caused my ear infections too. That is it I'm done

Moving to Siberia.

 34.Can be an extra deep or light sleeper; bedwetting beyond appropriate age.

 I was a very well trained tangerine.

 35.Unusually high or low tolerance for pain.

Everytime I stub my pinky toes it feels like an aeroplane wheel rolled over it.

36.Strong sense of justice; emotionally sensitive; strives for perfection.

 Facts!

37.Mistakes and symptoms increase dramatically with confusion, time pressure, emotional stress, or poor     health.

2 second Rant

Examiners don't think of dyslexic people, even with extra time. The sheer amount of times it takes just to understand the question then to answer with the best possible Grammar is straight cruelty.

You automatically want me to fail and not finish don't you.

You Demon.

  Mini sidestory:

While writing this I asked my significant other to spell "Exaggerate", dude looked at me and told me to sound it out. Past me knew he was going to say this and I did sound it out  before he asked me to sound it out. I told him that I did and that I don't know what letter comes after "Ex", he was like babe sound it out..................................

Tangerine internal thoughts: (Exsqueeze me) Every time try that a ""H" is coming up in my head. I thought this through ya know.

In conclusion I sound it out to my phone.

 To anyone who don't understand Dyslexia fully I do suggest researching.  

My commentary is completely subjective but if you relate that is good :)

 That's all my Fruits until next time

- TheeTangerine

Proof read by TheeApple<3

https://www.dyslexia.com/about-dyslexia/signs-of-dyslexia/test-for-dyslexia-37-signs/

[libralita]

Week of Bookblr: Worst of 2017

Last year a lot of the books I put on my Worst list weren’t that bad. I didn’t really hate any of the books on last year’s list. This year I really hated some of the books. This is just my personal opinion. Don’t get your knickers in a twist.

There will be spoilers for all these books.

I’m also going to do something slightly different this year. I have one dishonorable mention. This book wasn’t bad enough to put in my top five but I feel like it needs to be mentioned.

Dishonorable Mention:

Brave by Svetlana Chmakova

★★☆☆☆

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not an objective book reviewer. But I feel like I don’t like part of the reason that I didn’t like this book was because I’m no in the age demographic. I don’t expect Chmakova write for me, a 20 year old who is thankful to be out of middle school.

On the other hand this book does have legitimate problems. All of the characters are annoying with exception of a few side characters. And the message got overly preachy to the point that I think it would annoy even middle schoolers. The last book, I thought the message was clear for the younger readers but didn’t beat you over the head with it.

I think I may continue with the series because the next one is supposed to be about the one side character I did like.

Now for the actual Top Five list!

#5 Monstress Vol. 1 by Marjorie M Liu and Sana Takeda

★★★☆☆

It was very meh. Granted I read this book at the beginning of the year so I don’t remember a lot of it. I’m also giving this book some slack because I read this book before I learned how to properly read graphic novels and retain the information. The art was absolutely beautiful. I debated between putting this in my top five or putting Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 1 in there but ultimately I chose this one because it’s premise wasn’t interesting enough for me to continue on with this series and I unhauled it.

#4 Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

★★★☆☆

This was a combination of not remembering a lot of what happened in the first two books and having grown out of this series. But this book also had problems on it’s own. For one thing Margot was awful in this book. She’s so rude to her father. Margot announced that her and her boyfriend are sleeping in the same room when any rational human being would know that would make her father super uncomfortable. You’re supposed to be the mature one, Margot. If I was her, I’d at least ask him in private if this were okay. Y’know, like an adult. This is your dad’s house, have a little respect. Also, Jenny Han sucks as antagonists. Like Peter’s mom wanted LJ to break up with him for…reasons. I just unhauled this series because I didn’t care anymore.

#3 A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

★★☆☆☆

BORING! B-O-R-I-N-G BORING! Mind numbingly BORING!

It had pretty art and had some clever formatting ideas but oh my god it was boring. I didn’t care about the characters or the plot. When it’s about discovering stuff about dragons. How do you make dragons boring? All I remember from this book is that the husband dies and it’s kind of sad.

#2 The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler

★☆☆☆☆

Now we’re getting into the books that I really hated with a passion. I could rant about this book all day long. I really enjoyed What Light and 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher. This was a huge disappointment. There are plot threads that are started and then just never finished. How’d they get Facebook? I dunno. Josh’s brother being gay? Doesn’t go anywhere. I think the problem is that Jay Asher doesn’t have a writing style that lends itself well to writing with someone else. Because he goes through a lot of plot points. He starts one, quickly ends it and moves onto another one. The problem is that Carolyn Mackler doesn’t seem to finish them.

That’s not the only problem, oh god is Emma so unlikable. And what makes it worse is that Emma will do horrible things and the writers portray her as being in the right. When Emma sees her future and she doesn’t like it, she completely disregards Josh’s feelings to get a better future. She keeps fucking up the future for her own selfish reasons. In the beginning it’s established that before the book begins Josh admitted that he has feelings for her and she rejects him. Later in the book, in order to change her future she kisses him. She knows fully fucking well that he has feelings for her and to do that is so horrible. Then JOSH IS IN THE WRONG FOR TELLING HER WHAT AN AWFUL PERSON SHE IS. Fuck Emma. But, Emma isn’t the worst character on this list. Oh no.

#1 When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

★☆☆☆☆

Yeah, I knew the moment I finished this that there was no way anything could top this horrible book.

It’s actually kind of baffling how bad this book is. Throughout it I thought I was being trolled. Like there’s no possible way that an author could be this incompetent. There’s two major problems with this book: it’s inconsistent and Dimple is an awful human being.

Let’s start with the “smaller” of the problems, the consistency. Dimple has straight contradictory personality traits. She is presented as being shy, nerdy, introverted, someone who gets bullied, and can’t stand up for herself. Yet, she likes to go to parties, is more than willing to go to a college party where she knows one person (something any introvert would never do), is super sassy and speaks her mind. What? Why is that she can be super sassy to Rishi and do things just to make the audience go “YASSS QUEEN SLAY” yet she can’t tell the most pointless bullies in the entire universe to fuck off? It’s not like this happens over time, her personality just completely flips. This completely ruins any conflict whatsoever.

While I haven’t seen anyone complain about it, supposedly people are saying that Dimple was a bitch for throwing the ice coffee in Rishi’s face. I don’t think that makes Dimple a bitch, I think it’s part of the inconsistency problem. The characters’ personalities, motivations, and relationships will just be different for no reason. So in the beginning Rishi is worried that he’s growing apart from his little brother. Rishi asks for advice for what to do when he meets Dimple. His brother jokingly says “say ‘hello my future wife’”. Okay so that makes sense that Rishi would ask his brother because he’s been out with girls and it’s establish that Rishi doesn’t know when his brother is being silly or serious. Later in the book his brother comes to the college and Rishi states that his brother “never takes anything seriously” and he doesn’t care about working on their relationship. So, why would you take your brother’s advice seriously if you know he doesn’t take anything seriously? Why do you suddenly want to kill your brother? Where did this come from?

Now the bigger problem with this book is Dimple herself. She is physically abusive and the author is passing this off as “female empowerment”. Dimple punches Rishi in the ribs for playfully teasing her. At no point is she a mature young adult who goes up to Rishi and says “Hey, Rishi, what you’re doing is making me uncomfortable/hurting my feelings, please stop.” She just goes straight into physically attacking him. The second time Rishi says something along the lines of “most girls just playfully slap their boyfriends not actually hurt them” and Dimple’s response is “you should change what you think is acceptable for girls”. What?? Go fuck yourself. This is a horrible message. I cannot imagine if the roles were reversed and a guy punched a girl in the ribs for teasing him. No. Fuck you. No one should assault anyone.

Finally this book is so bad that I can’t tell if some parts are bad because Dimple, along with a massive abusive shit, she’s a giant hypocrite. Or its just more inconsistency. In beginning of the book Dimple says the only reason that her parents are letting her go to the Ivy League school (I know, poor oppressed baby) is so she can find the Ideal Indian Husband. When we meet her father, he clearly doesn’t really care and wants her to win the convention contest. Okay, so maybe it’s just her mother. But even then that doesn’t make sense because, it’s establish that Dimple’s family doesn’t have that much money. So, why would they send her to an Ivy League school to find an IIH when they know about Rishi? If her mother really didn’t care about her having a career than would she just be like “we’re not spending GOD KNOWS HOW MUCH money for you to go to this school, you’re marrying Rishi Patel, end of story”. Even at the end the mother says she just wants Dimple to be happy. So WHERE DID THIS IIH THING HAPPEN? Is Dimple just a moron who doesn’t know her mother’s own motivation or did the author just forget part of the main conflict of the story?

Another weird one is for some reason a competition about coding has a talent show. And if you win this talent show you get a leg up in the completion…about coding. Because y’know that makes sense! But that’s not the big problem here. So Dimple has stage fright but still wants the leg up in the competition. So she basically pouts, putting peer pressure on Rishi, until he finally agrees to do most of the work in their dance. First off, because that’s equality men doing most of the work. Why are we letting YA authors talk about serious topics against when their concept of gender equality is “girls go to college to get more knowledge/boys go to Jupiter to more stupider”? But it gets worst because right after Dimple pressures Rishi into this stupid dance, her friend Celia runs out of the classroom. Her group is forcing Celia to wear a sexy swimsuit in their dance because that’ll win a coding competition. Dimple says basically “don’t let them peer pressure you into doing something that you don’t want to do”. What the fuck did you just do to Rishi, Dimple? Is this just Dimple being a massive hypocrite or did the author forget what she just wrote? DID ANYONE PROOF READ THIS BOOK?

[sdevilheart]

Hey i need help with colouring on digital art & I'm not sure what to do when ever I try to do cell shading the base or the colors turn out wrong and ends up ruining it & when ever I try to blend colours they turn out wrong & I feel so unmotivated to try finish a piece & I'm not sure about my brushes either either they are too smooth or too sharp and i have been asking how other artists how they colour & that just give me a simple answer like just slap on some colors and practice but like how???

Unfortunately ‘slapping on colors and practice’ is a similar answer I would give to you, dear anon. :/

I also don’t personally think my coloring is anything special. 

BUT! I’ll give it a shot at explaining my own process and what I’ve seen others do. :D Just for you. 

(Photoshop users specifically)

I often switch techniques depending on what I’m making or just cause i’m super inconsistent and can’t decide what coloring style to stick with…

Let’s talk about the more painterly style, the one I find rather troublesome. :|

The reason why other artist are probably telling you to just practice is because they want you to experiment. There are countless ways to paint, some people just do it on one layer!! Others just throw a billion layers on top of each other and end up with like 100 unnamed layers. You need to figure out what works best for you cause it could be different than the person your asking,

For me, I like organization: 

Although this one I feel like I went overboard with separating every body part. Not something I usually do. And although it’s organized, it’s still pretty chaotic. But this was the first time I’ve tried painting something in a LOONG time. 

Allot of the colors for this pic started off as different variants of the same color. Which is something that allot of artist DO NOT recommend. Kind of goes against basic color theory. I wouldn’t suggest this either honestly, but I did cause changing colors I find rather easy if you just know your tools. Maybe you already knew these quick tips but I’ll tell ya anyway:

Clipping Mask

Lock Transparent Pixels

Overlay Layers

These are the main three things I typically use for shading. 

Clipping mask: Attaches one layer to another, allowing your strokes to only effect whatever’s on the initial layer. 

Lock Transparent Pixels: A button that locks your layer so you can paint on it without affecting anything else besides what’s already on it. (my main way of slapping on colors) 

So let’s say you painted your highlights already but hate the color, let’s lock this layer. Select the layer you want and click this button here in your layer menu.

Now we can experiment on colors. Think of an interesting color that you wanna try and slap it on by drawing over it. 

There’s also other ways of doin this with tools like Vibrance, Hue/Saturation, Color Balance. There’s lots of tutorials explaining those, I suggest researching. 

But anyway, I mess with all kinds of colors to a point where my starting colors are NEVER the final ones. You can also mess with the layer types, I often use overlay for highlights, and multiply for shading.

These same things can be applied to cell shading as well.

As for the brushes, I use pretty much the four basic brushes and that’s it. :/

I won’t use texture brushes too often honestly. Only if there’s maybe a certain look I’m trying to obtain, maybe a dirty more grungy look. Or maybe scattered look, that’s when I use other textured brushes. But not really that often. 

Colors are hard anon, I struggle with it all the time. Persevere and experiment, it’s ok if you don’t know what colors to use. Nothing ain’t final, you can change it till your hearts content. It’s even easier to do so with digital art. ;)

Don’t know if I helped, but I wish you luck!

patreon.com/jessdoart

[kai-keda]

Honestly, looking at your posts about Super sometimes I feel guilty for supporting the show so much. Because I honestly love it. I love the art style, I love how most of the characters are, I love the humour, I like a lot of the action and the stories. There's some stuff I don't like and I know the animation isn't always great, mostly in the first two sagas, but honestly there's not enough to ruin the experience and I still think it's a great show all around. It's the most fun I've had with 1/2

First and most important - you are absolutely not wrong for liking Super.

Never let critics tell you what you can and can’t enjoy. Ever.

You’re not stupid for liking it.

You’re not wrong for liking it.

It’s okay.

Now, from here on out is gonna be a little bit of tough love.

I’m not going to say “oh it’s okay, it’s okay, Super can totally be good! If you like it - it must be, right? It’s not dragging down the franchise!” because I would be lying to you and myself if I said that.

Liking things that are objectively bad un-ironically is normal. Lots of people do it. I do it. I really fucking love Equestria Girls. Like. A lot. I love it. A lot.

Not being able to study a piece of art on a critical level doesn’t make you stupid. It’s okay. You just can’t seem to place what you love about the series.

I can’t help you to figure it out, either, sadly, because I know that everything is done bad and I know that the story goes against everything I’ve studied about Dragon Ball’s writing and just writing in general. The same with animation. Everything I’ve studied to do to make something look good in an animation is done wrong in Super.

If you read what I have to say about DBS and can’t argue because you think I’m right on the complaints that I have, then I suggest that when you’re talking about it with friends you say something along the lines of “I can’t really say why I like it. This person online says it’s really bad, absolutely hates it, and I kinda agree with what she says but something about it keeps me attached.” That’s a perfectly valid reason to watch it but if you think I’m right when I say “the writing is done bad and the animation is done bad.” then you can’t really say that those things are done well, can you? Unless you don’t believe that, in which case I’d ask “why” and we’re back to the “I don’t know, but I like it.” argument.

I’m so sorry but the fact that you like it doesn’t mean it’s good.

I think the problem with comparing it to GT is the time between the end of Dragon Ball and its airing.

Many fans watched GT while Dragon Ball was still new and amazing and hyped everywhere as being great. So when GT wasn’t as good, everyone lost their minds. (Honestly, I’ve heard through the grapevine that GT had basically the same reactions from fans as Super. Everyone was swearing it was made by Toriyama and that it was canon, if you tried to criticize it you got shut down and only after the hype died did people start listening to the critics).

The problem with GT is the same as The Legend of Korra. It’s not as good as the original, but it’s not god-awful. GT is fine when standing on its own. It had one silly arc and one ehhhhh kiiiinda bad arc but the writing was still solid. It’s “meh”. GT is not as good as Dragon Ball, but good Lord it is not as bad as people make it out to be.

Not trying to say GT is some diamond-in-the-rough secret masterpiece like what Dragon Ball is, because it’s not. It’s okay. I got bored pretty often and some things in the writing weren’t the best but I wasn’t pulling my hair out and screaming about basic rules being broken the way I am with Super.

GT’s biggest problem is boredom.

People complain about the animation in GT while praising Super’s and that’s baffling me. No, GT is not fantastic - even for its time - but it’s not consistently terrible with random quick moments of “lol hey look at this quick pretty scene now forget about all the crap before it” the way Super is. GT’s quality was consistently “pretty good”. Super’s is inconsistent but on average, pretty dang bad with a lot of god-awful and obnoxious-to-look-at moments.

I think there’s a lot of “what we wanted Super to be” projection going on. That’s why, when you try and discuss the writing with fans of the series, their only defense is “but the concepts are good!”. They’re right. The concepts are good. But story concept alone does not, a good story, make.

Ideas are cheap, I’m afraid. So when you botch a great concept with terrible execution, you get a terrible product. That’s just how it is.

I feel like people are terrified of another GT and so they’re projecting so hard this idea that “well, wherever Super is bad, OG Dragon Ball was bad too” and that’s what’s hurting the franchise.

This fanbase has a serious problem of disrespecting Toriyama as an Author, as an Artist, and disrespecting Dragon Ball as the amazingly written series that it was.

This is a random scene from DRAGON BALL - ya know, the really fucking old series? - and the animation still holds up. Random, unimportant sequence of just Bulma talking and this is the average quality I expect from Dragon Ball.

Compared to Super’s average:

That fancy over-the-shirt-whatever-it’s-called-coat on Gohan changed size. In fact, Gohan’s line where his hip starts jumped up for no fucking reason. Also - do you know how hard it is to find DBS gifs on here? There’s not a lot. Because no one’s making a ton of gifs of scenes. Especially not of the countless amount that look like shit. Just a lot of the same two fights that looked great because those two exist. Mr. Satan’s muscles aren’t real. Videl should’ve fucking blinked or reacted or something, Mr. Satan’s cape is defying gravity. What’s the light-source? I don’t know. You’d think it’s inbetween Gohan and Videl but Mr. Satan begs to differ. This isn’t even the worst. It’s just kinda bad but it’s the fact that this is the best the average gets that’s shit.

Here’s where I bring out information that I was gonna save for its own post tomorrow but I guess it’s coming out now.

Among the Asian countries, there’s an annual poll of the best Anime. For all these years since serialization, Dragon Ball hasn’t gone below 20. Dragon Ball Super comes out, the poll changes the name of the anime to “Dragon Ball Super” to encompass the entire franchise, it isn’t on the list by the end of the poll. Out of 100. Why when the ratings are fine? Well, I’m watching Super on CrunchyRoll every week because I fucking have to because I can’t stand not taking in every Dragon Ball everything out there but if I was in that poll, I probably would’ve voted for Hunter x Hunter or Yuri on Ice. I sure as hell was not going to vote for DBS purely because of Dragon Ball when so much other Anime is so much better and has so much more blood, sweat and tears in it than DBS’ garbage. Teen Titans Go was doing GREAT for ratings for Cartoon Network but we all know how those numbers are bullshit. Ya know - it being the only thing airing 80% of the time. Ratings =/= quality.

http://goku-x-chichi.tumblr.com/post/154773647402/im-gonna-need-to-see-the-receipts-for-these

http://vote.animefestival.jp/finish.html

http://animefestival.jp/ja/post/4695/

So - yeah - Dragon Ball Super is hurting the name of Dragon Ball because of its terrible quality.

I’m sorry.

That doesn’t mean you’re stupid for liking it.

That doesn’t mean you’re stupid for not understanding what’s bad about it.

It just means that there’s some other God-only-knows reason you like DBS.

Don’t stress about it.

PLEASE don’t stress about it.

Enjoy it.

Have fun.

Just don’t try and tell me that it’s good because it really - really - isn’t.