#a hyper realistic cow

[cheezyratz]

Hi hi!!!!! ^^

You guys can send art requests!

as long as it’s not 18+, anything proship, or anything gorey I’ll draw it ^^

[vexbloom]

      ‎‎Allow me to introduce you to a part of a sizeable project to revamp the Cottage Living farm animals. And it's called... why, The Cowject of course!

      ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪ‎ ‎‎‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪɪ ‎‎‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎‎ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪɪɪ ‎‎‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎‎ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪᴠ ‎‎‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎‎ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴠ

      Part Ⅰ. Texture and Model       ‎‎I initially thought to only edit the texture ever so slightly but ended up completely retexturing the cow. The texture is now HD, still a work in progress, but fairly close to finished.       So far the major mesh alterations include: the conformation, hooves, dew claws, and eyelashes. I'll cover some of those in closer detail later!

      I'm not aiming to make the body hyper-realistic, but at least a little more anatomically correct and harmonious. The original mesh is undoubtedly super cute, but I deemed the changes necessary to suit my vision.

      I have also smoothed the cow's head and body to eliminate the annoying angular seams. I will try to fix the seam at the neck, but I'm not holding my breath.

      The hooves have also suffered a drastic change, at first I only gave them an extra definition via the texture, but later decided that wouldn't do.       I hope people will find this project equally exciting! I have many more plans and ideas I can't wait to share!

      ᴘᴀᴛʀᴇᴏɴ · ʙᴏᴏsᴛʏ · ᴛᴏᴜ's · ᴍʏ ᴄᴄ · ɪᴅ ᴠᴇxʙʟᴏᴏᴍʜᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ p.s: these posts are not meant as criticism of the original farm animals. After seeing the animals' meshes and textures, it's clear the artists must've been under immense pressure to complete them as quickly as possible. I love the original farm animals, and it's out of appreciation I am giving them a new coat of paint.

[kumeko]

A/N: For the @ladieszine, where I completely misread the theme of crossovers and thought we had to stick to canon relationships…whoops. The Lion King (og version) is one of my all time favourite movies, I watched it so many times as a kid. I really wish the Mufasa movie was done in the og style because it sounds interesting! But I don’t want to watch a hyper realistic animal like I’m on Nat Geo. Where are my goofy expressions!!! At least do something interesting like the Jungle Book did!

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Simba was dead.

Nala squeezed her eyes shut. Her best friend was gone. Everything hurt at the mere thought of it. They had just been running through the savannah the other day, tricking Zazu and getting punished by their mothers. Simba had affectionately bumped her shoulder at the end of it, telling her that soon they were going to go hunting, real hunting, and they’d learn better ways to play with that bird.

And now he was dead.

She tried not to cry. It had been weeks; she should have run out of tears by now. Instead, her eyes were as wet as ever. Nala sniffled as she lay in the gloomy cave, her tail flopped beside her, her snout buried in her paws.

“Again?” Scar groaned, reminding her that she wasn’t the only one in the pride’s den. Reminding her that Simba wasn’t the only one dead. His dad, the king, was gone too.

Leaving behind a lion that didn’t seem to care for the loss the pride felt.

“Can someone shut these crying kids up?” Scar snapped, rising to his haunches from the back of the cave. He had taken Mufasa’s spot almost immediately, setting up camp as though he had been waiting for this moment all his life.

Maybe he had. Simba had once called him a kooky uncle, but Nala had always been more than a little scared of him. Maybe it was the way he’d looked at Simba, like a lioness on the hunt, or the sharp way he spoke. There was a cruelty in him that Nala couldn’t find the words for.

And now his glare was directed at her, and she couldn’t breathe. Her sobs choked her throat, but she didn’t dare make a sound.

He could kill her. He would kill her. Every part of her felt this.

Golden fur blocked her sight and Nala remembered how to breathe. She looked up to find Sarabi’s familiar back, the lioness blocking her entirely from Scar’s view.

“Mufasa…” Sarabi stopped, her voice thick with emotion. Her claws extended slightly, digging into the dirt as though to ground her. “Their deaths were just a few weeks ago. The cubs are still grieving.” She paused again, her voice cracking slightly. “We all are.”

“Is that so?” Scar asked callously, every word as a bite. Nala could hear him move, his steps slow and deliberate as he approached Sarabi. She didn’t have to see him to know his eyes were glinting in the dark. “It has been weeks.”

“It has only been weeks,” Sarabi retorted, her strength returning to her. She was the only one who dared to challenge Scar like this; the other lionesses had reluctantly accepted the new status quo.

“The king is dead, long live the king,” Scar said, repeating the words he had used that rainy night when everything had come crashing down. They hadn’t sounded right then and didn’t sound right now. “You have had long enough. Get used to it.”

Sarabi repressed a growl. “They’re just cubs.”

“They’re noisy.” Scar didn’t bother to hide his malice. He glared at Nala when she peeked through Sarabi’s feet. Did he remember her from her days with Simba? “I’m trying to rest. Take her hunting.”

Sarabi stiffened. Her tail lowered, her ears flattened. Nala tried not to gasp at the obvious signs of aggression. The lioness ground out, “She isn’t old enough yet. None of the cubs are.”

“If she wants to eat, then she needs to start pulling her weight,” Scar snapped, drawing up his full height. It wasn’t as impressive as Mufasa’s, but in the dark he looked like a monster, as though the shadows only made him stronger. “There are lots of mouths to feed.”

Yet, Sarabi was not one to be cowed that easily. She snorted, wrinkling her nose in disgust. “Perhaps the hyenas can start feeding themselves.”

“Or perhaps I can feed her to the hyenas,” Scar shot back. He smirked when Sarabi flinched. Turning around, he sauntered back to his spot. “Take her hunting.”

Sarabi’s claws dug into the ground once more before she sighed and lowered her head. Gently, she nudged Nala, giving her an affectionate lick on her forehead. “It would be better if your mother taught you this, but we don’t have a choice here. Come along, Nala.”

“Y-yeah,” she whimpered, eagerly trailing after Sarabi out of the caves. Anywhere was better than here, with Scar’s frightening presence.

The only problem was that everywhere outside was saturated with Simba’s presence. There was the space where they both got groomed by their mothers’, trying and failing to escape a bath. Here was the rock where they had a roaring competition. And over there was where they giggled as they hid from Zazu, accidentally alerting him to their presence.

They played everywhere, from dawn to dusk. All they had really needed was each other, though a little help from the wildebeests or hippos had never gone unwelcomed. Simba always had the best ideas, dragging in other animals until their games covered the entire savannah.

Nala’s ears twitched and she glanced around. That was odd. The wind rustled the long grasses, hiding her from the sun, but aside from that she couldn’t hear anything. It was quiet, too quiet. No chirping birds, no grunting hippos, not even the trumpet of an elephant.

“Where—” she started to ask before cutting herself off.

The answer was obvious. Where? The hunt. The ever-increasing hunt.

Her mother had once told her of the circle of life, how all things were connected. The playmates they made could end up on the dinner menu one day. Yet, it had always been limited, the kills spaced out to keep everything in balance.

The hyenas made that impossible. They always needed to eat, always asked for more. The lionesses had to return with more and bigger prey. If there were any herbivores near Pride Rock, they had either fled or were in hiding.

They would never dance or sing with her again, like they had done with Simba.

Her eyes started to water once more, her sight growing blurry. Nala sniffled.

“Nala?” Sarabi stopped, turning to look at her. Bending down slightly, she gently licked the top of Nala’s head, pulling her closer with a paw. “Shhh, it’s ok. Let it all out.”

Her sniffles grew into sobs and Nala pressed her face into Sarabi’s leg. “He’s dead,” she wailed. “Simba’s dead!”

“I know,” Sarabi soothed, her voice breaking as she gently nuzzled Nala. “I know.”

“Why’d he have to die?” Nala cried harder. It was all too much, all too soon, all too sudden. “I don’t want him to be the grass, I want him here with me!”

“I know,” Sarabi repeated, her voice cracking as she comforted Nala. “It hurts. It’s hard.”

A salty drop hit Nala’s nose and she peeked up to find Sarabi blinking away a tear. That only made her want to cry harder. “I miss him.”

“Me too.”

Sarabi nuzzled her once more as she cried, waiting patiently for her sobs to slow down. It was only when Nala finally started hiccupping that Sarabi stepped back. She lowered her head so they could see eye to eye. “Feeling better?”

“No.” Nala hiccupped, her ears and tail flat. “Why is Scar the king? I hate him.”

Sarabi chuckled mirthlessly. “You’re not the only one. Unfortunately, just like the circle of life, that is how it works. He is the next king.”

“Can’t we get a new one?” Nala pleaded, staring up at Sarabi with watery eyes. “He’s scary.”

“Dangerous words, little one.” Sarabi glanced around, her ears twitching as she checked their surroundings. When she confirmed they were alone, she sighed and relaxed. “Make sure you don’t repeat that in earshot of anyone.”

Nala nodded reluctantly.

“Good.” Sarabi smiled slightly. “I would like that too, but, unfortunately, he’s here to stay. Who knows, perhaps he’ll improve.”

There was nothing in her voice that sounded like she believed it. Nala narrowed her eyes. “Do you really think so?”

“No,” Sarabi admitted immediately, disdain dripping in her voice. “I’ve known him for years and he has only grown worse with power.” She sighed again, glancing at Pride Rock. “Still, I have to hope. We’re stuck with him. Perhaps the weight of the crown will help him come to his senses, one day.”

One day. That sounded so far away. That sounded like it would never happen.

If only Simba were here. He always knew what to do, to say. He could even make the scary Scar smile. Maybe if he were here, their new King would be nicer.

And if not, they could have pranked him together.

Nala’s sight grew blurry again and she sniffled. “I hope so.”

“Don’t worry, little one. Your mother and I will protect you.” Sarabi gently nudged her head with her snout. “We can’t go back yet, sadly. Wait here and I’ll be back soon.”

“Where are you going?” Nala asked.

“He’ll be expecting something.” She snorted, annoyed. Standing up, Sarabi rolled her shoulders and stretched her back. “I’ll catch something small we can take back.”

A hunt. Nala shivered. It had always sounded so fun before, learning to hunt. She’d become a real adult then, catching prey just like the other lionesses. But then, she had always imagined learning with Simba, comparing their catches and bragging to one another.

Now, it was almost a punishment. Would Scar expect her to do more in the future? The hyenas certainly would. They were always lurking in every nook and cranny, wanting more, craving more. Would her mother and Sarabi have to keep taking her out like this, telling her to hide while they caught the prey? What if they got injured?

What if they never came back?

Simba was dead. No amount of tears would change that. Simba was dead and Scar was the king and Nala didn’t have time to cry about it anymore.

“No.” Nala blinked away her tears, forcing herself to stand strong. “I’ll go too.”

Simba was dead but she was alive and Nala had to do everything she could to protect what was left of her family.

[gomzdrawfr]

hiiii I love your doodles and art by the way!! it's always nice to see them (even though they punch me in the guts sometimes)

idk if i can ask this if not just igore hhh but what about your hc for soap and ghost?

hi!!!!! thank you (sorry for the punches but they're there to build your immunity i promise)

hm! uh I have not really thought about ghoap hcs thoroughly, uhm but here's a few I guess? XD they're probably mid compared to other's hc but HAHKSJDHAK

Ghost is a terrible driver.

I...like to think Ghost is the experience one when it comes to bed activities, and Soap's the inexperience one bUT hear me out

Ghost knows how to fuck, but learns how to make love when Soap barged right into his life

and yes, Soap hasn't got a goddamn clue how all this works but he has the confidence, the charm and the rizz and all he want is Ghost, Simon and he'll figure out the rest later when he finally has him

I like to think both are them leave lil gift for each other sometimes, unconventional and maybe a bit weird kinds of gifts:

a really crumbly poster that had a cow with a hyper-realistic human hand Soap superglue on Ghost's ceiling right above his cot

a dog figurine broken in half Soap found from a gas station

bits of shrapnel that Ghost lines up on Soap's window - "to remind your stupid actions"

rocks

Ghost is the one with sweet tooth and Soap has sneak buncha peppermint candy into his belongings (shoes especially)

[qtubbo]

I love how everyone has the same 5 jokes when talking about the minecraft movie 1. Picture of that cow meme 2. Minecraft Hyper realistic youtube thumbnail 3. Minecraft story mode 4. Captain Sparklez Music Videos 5. Inserting literally any mcyt cubito into it

Love all our vitriolic hatred for this movie 🔥

[ask-prosci]

My boyfriend got turned into a hyper realistic Minecraft cow... How could this have happened... No...

[five-gotham-guys]

I’m behind Tim Drake in finance class and his laptop’s wallpaper is a drawing of a hyper-realistic cow frowning and wearing a baseball cap backwards.

It’s saying “Not in the MOOd”

#OnlyInGotham

~ Earl

[switch-kink]

Blog maintenance!

Nameless plural system - 21+ aged - they/them pronouns - queer af - unfortunately a top who just wants to be pregnant without the sex part of it LOL

18+ ONLY. AGELESS BLOGS AND/OR MINORS DO NOT INTERACT!

Real-Person-Fiction (RPF) posters DNI!

DID System/Plural with preggo, birth, and belly kinks 💪🫄

I might post art & writing but I'm kind of shy. I DO NOT ROLEPLAY

Preferences/blog themes below the cut!!

ABSOLUTELY NOT/HARD NO: Pedo, fauxpedo (lolicon/shotacon), incest, beastiality (not furries!!), IRL people/RPF, other children and/or grandparents being present during birth, described snuff to carrier or spawn

DISLIKE: (Trans) Fpreg, (Cis) Mpreg, erotic birth*, easy birth, short birth, fauxcest**, scat/piss, anal birth, penis birth, softshell eggpreg + egg laying, undescribed snuff

LIKES: *Horny but painful birth, **mommy/daddy kinks, bondage, BDSM, rough BDSM, rough sex, oral, choking, pregnancy denial, medical/hospital birth, medical/hospital intervention, hyperpreg, lactation, public birth, embarrassment/shame, voyeurism

LOVES: (Cis) Fpreg, (Trans) Mpreg, (AFAB/AIAB) Nbpreg, (AFAB/AIAB) Neopreg, cosplay, bunny petplay, kitty petplay, cow petplay, mean + abusive + manipulative partners/doms/tops, big bellies, big breasts, breastplay, unaware/surprise pregnancy, painful + uncomfortable births, long births, difficult births, birth denial (all forms), hyperbirth, surprise multiples, birth complications, pain, overstimulation, tearing, vag/womb injury, severe injury (with miraculous recovery), vag/womb/clit torture, object birth, unrealistic/hyper object birth, hardshell eggpreg + egg laying

Non-kink loves: Accessibility, + disabled ppl in kink like myself. Queer & trans ppl in kink like myself. Generally just Woke kink stuff bc I like being able to see myself in a situation, realistic or not

[gay-episode]

Here would be Sammy, Brooklyn and Kenji's

Sammy obviously a cow and Brooklyn would have a little cat and Kenji would've had those super expensive hyper-realistic plushies

Ben, Darius and Yaz would SO bond over them all having childhood stuffed animals!

Ben’s would be a little blue bunny!! Darius’ would be a stuffed parsaurolophus!! (Ik canonically they say Darius’ favorite dinosaur is actually a t-rex, but SHHH) And Yaz’s with be a little cheetah!! LIKE I NEED THAT SO BADD

What they would look like, THEY NEED NAMES:

Also me w/ my childhood stuffed animal, Bunny :3

[femgirlfriend]

how did i scroll through so many hyper realistic artists reels on instagram each stroking their ego with fake humbleness and asking for likes more than the next and all having at least two billie eilish portraits and the only artist i actually was impressed by was this old lady who painted a cow

[incorrectbatfam]

Headcanons about Mar'i and Lian being honorary batcousins?

(they're like 12 in my mind)

Despite both growing up in America, Lian calls it "soccer" while Mar'i insists it's "football"

Mar'i's pet peeve is Lian leaving the strings on the oranges, meanwhile Lian can't fathom why Mar'i doesn't peel her apples

They made money for their school's fundraiser by selling Gatorade outside a stadium on game day

Mar'i has a stronger throw but Lian has the better aim

They hid in Billy Batson's house for a week, accidentally sparking the biggest missing persons story since Jimmy Hoffa, all because they cut each other's bangs with safety scissors after being told not to and couldn't face their parents

They're banned from baking until they're at least 13 because Lian put 1/4 cup of baking soda into the cake batter instead of 1/4 teaspoon

Mar'i built a fort out of Charmin extra-strong rolls believing it'd be enough to keep her mother out and hide the bearded dragon she and Lian bought with their allowance

They hid Jason's keys in a cantaloupe when they didn't want him to leave

In winter, they fill the Wayne Manor pool to make an ice rink

Lian is a skater kid. Mari is a Razor scooter girl

Nobody knows when and how the girls acquired a boat and at this point they're too afraid to ask

Same for the bobsled

Lian had an archery-themed birthday where Roy and Jason took her, Mar'i, and some other kids to an indoor range and one of the targets was a hyper-realistic cake

Lian taught Mar'i how to cuss in Vietnamese, Mar'i dropped a long string in front of her parents thinking neither of them would understand and she lost TV privileges for a night, and after Roy found out Lian had to write a formal apology to the Graysons

Jason, on the other hand, secretly high-fived them and bought them ice cream

They did the "two kids in a long winter coat" trick to get into an adults-only ski lodge

And Mar'i kept their thermoses warm while Lian showed off her snowboard tricks

The first time they saw a shooting star, they wished for the same thing: VIP tickets to Taylor Swift

Lian keeps a bow and arrow in the empty locker next to hers. In the locker after that, Mar'i has batarangs and escrima sticks

They don't want candy or snacks when they go to the grocery store. No, they beg Kory to buy a tuna that's bigger than both of them

They do separate after-school activities with the batfam. Mar'i learns photography from Tim while Lian gets dance tips from Cass

When one's having a bad day, the other will climb through the window with ice cream, pizza, and Home Alone movies

They have $350 on the line and counting for who's gonna get their period first

Mar'i got a gender reveal cake when Lian came out with new pronouns

Neither of them can do a good cartwheel even though Mar'i can defy the laws of gravity and Lian has agility training

They cosplayed as Sailor Mars and Sailor Neptune

For Mar'i's parents' anniversary, she put together a candlelit dinner while Lian sent death threats to any villain that tried to bother them

They don't remember when they met. All they remember is at some point, they appeared in each other's life and just rolled with it

They went to a beach on Tamaran and came back with a space oyster

When Bat-Cow had a calf, Damian let the girls name it. They named it Horse

They also have shared custody of a goldfish they won at the carnival named Booster Goldfish

Lian keeps her wallet in her pocket and a rock in her purse. Mar'i does the opposite

They already mapped out their dream college trip through Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia with every single detail planned... except money

For the next triathlon, Lian's gonna be biking while Mari runs. They're holding tryouts for anyone willing to swim in Gotham's water

They get third place in the state fair photography contest

And second place in growing the best petunia plant

And first place eating through a cherry pie in 30 seconds

Their contact names for each other are "Katniss" and "Jean Grey"

They have a running bet to see who can get their parents the most over-the-top "World's Best ___" merch

[bluiex]

I feel obligated to share that there’s no verified documentation of a sheep and a cow breeding. Nearly all documents I could find were sketchy ads posted by farmers like “oooo this calf was born with curly fur, the father must have been a ram!” And all experiments in this department have either failed or results in both the mother and child dying, with the exception of artificial insemination, which has worked.

Also, is Grian trans in this for y’all? Because he wouldn’t have horns, or he wouldn’t be able to be milked. It cannot be both. I can excuse mpreg for the sake of mpreg but I cannot excuse cattle anatomy inaccuracy throws up hands in rural farm town

I stand by that an intersex scar would be a better mother for their calf

— abridged anon

HE HAS HORNS BECAUSE I SAY HE HAS HORNS GOD DAMN IT >:( /j /j /j

but its mpreg, for my canon anyways (unless others see it as trans then they can lol who am I to stop w/e everyone else wants to do with the au, like theres differing things already, its not all set in stone how it is)

I personally don't care for getting hyper realistic on things me boy got preggers cuz we willed it so :3c

do what you wish with the AUs they're free an open!

[feelingofcontent]

DNP Rewatch: A Sleepless Night With Phil

Date video was published: 03/21/2015 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 263

The first “sleepless night” video! This was filmed during the night after DNP went to a Game of Thrones premiere. So maybe that was partially why Phil was awake and hyper.

0:04 - caffeine at night is such a bad idea. Oops with that mistake. Starting at 2:00am.

0:11 - mug from Florida of course. All of my mugs are at least that big, haha.

0:15 - love the “hyper” editing and music here

0:23 - would love to know if Dan was actually asleep. Maybe he was. This has always seemed like one of the more realistic of the “sleepless night” videos

0:29 - he is just talking at normal volume now...

0:32 - obsessed with the polaroid of the cactus. Apparently polaroids of their “pets” has always been a thing. 🥺

0:34 - still on the floor from Dan and Phil PUNK EDITS IN REAL LIFE! which was 2 months before this...I get the impression that anything outside of the camera shot was never very tidy

0:42 - wow that is a blast from the past

0:44 - Phil not know what he owns, lol

0:57 - giant Phil eyes! This is exactly the type of thing you notice at 3:00am

1:01 - “slightly odd” socks like he’ll do for his own merch later

1:10 - that’s a fun little fact about what Phil does in his “internet time.” And a precursor to him looking at someplace on Google Maps when he misses it.

1:16 - his first “random place” is just the middle of the US. I feel like there are more interesting places to start. LOL at him somehow ending up with plastic cows though.

1:30 - also, human sacrifice on Phil’s mind apparently. why. And vampires, of course.

1:41 - “the Mexican sun” ...sure. Although he’s right that Mexico is quite a bit closer to the equator than England.

2:01 - I love Phil’s caffeine-fueled, late night commentary 😂

2:04 - the tweet Phil shows here from almost 4:00am is still up. He responded to some people too!

2:08 - he goes from whispering at some points to completely forgetting and talking at a normal volume at others, lol

2:15 - of course he loves the cute dog. To the extent of “claw my own face off,” which is a very Phil reaction

2:30 - Phil has hit the point of boredom where I would usually be talking to myself, so I guess it’s good he at least has a plant to talk to, hahaha

2:32 - he’s being so much louder now. The lounge also shares a wall with Dan’s room, so not sure how it’s that much better...

2:40 - lol at Kath probably just trying to get Phil to do something and go back to bed. Also, love the picture of Dan with Colin on the bookshelf in the background.

2:53 - yeah, not sure “healthy” is the correct word for that

2:56 - Mario Kart of course

3:03 - that is the problem with trying to go to bed when it’s that late the next morning. Also, amazing Phil annotations here...“I’M A BIRD”

3:13 - annnnnd the Wikipedia deep-dive stage

3:24 - 4 hours later...a yawn

3:34 - he is either still far too awake if he is able to remember to promo something, or he filmed this clip at some earlier point in the night

3:42 - “Rise Above” was the same campaign he made the PHIL IN THE CLUB video for

4:06 - I’m a bit scared that he thinks his own hand looks like an alien

4:17 - the birds are very loud. And with the 6:59am time annotation, he’s indicating that this whole video spanned about 5 hours. He did manage to be up by 2:00pm, apparently (though still in the same PJ pants we see in this video).

This isn’t my favorite of the “sleepless night” videos, but I still like it a lot. “Delirious footage” is a great description of most of it, lol.

[teamfreewill56-blog]

Banana Fish knows how to focus on the interesting character

Warning: This analysis contains trigger topics of rape, sexual assault and trauma

Something that I really appreciate about Banana Fish is the fact that the character with the tragic backstory was the main character, not a side character. They don’t make Eiji, the normal character who just got thrown into this insanity the main character, he is –A- main character but not THE main character. From the get go we know Ash is the main character and even when it switches to Eiji’s first encounter with him, we still get that feeling that Eiji is coming into Ash’s life and things are changing, not the other way around (even though the entrance into each others’ lives changes things for both of them). Yoshida know that Ash is the interesting one, she knows that Ash is the one that we are curious about and want to know about and she does a great job keeping the focus on him. Yet she still divvy's out enough time towards Eiji and even some side characters to keep us interested in what they’re doing as well. One of my complaints is that they do talk about Ash a lot when he’s not there, and they use the analogy of him being a cat a bit too much that it starts to wear old, but at the same time they’re ALL after him. And they manage to keep this fairly small and tight-knit. It’s not hundreds of organizations after Ash, it’s at most TWO and they’re CONNECTED. Our villain Dino Golzine has his hands in EVERYTHING and she SHOWS him having his hands in everything. I love that instead of leaving things a mystery she actually shows you how Ash has got where he is, how he has the power and the influence that he does. Ash doesn’t just miraculously have a bunch of connections, his backstory with Dino tells us exactly why he has those connections and how he’d be able to get them even though he’s only 17 years old. I appreciate that she did not sugar coat the trauma that Ash and others went through after having been raped, this show does an amazing job of reminding us that rape is horrible, that treating people like sex toys is horrible and how hellish it really is to live that life and the hell that the victims of that lifestyle go through. I also appreciate that while Yoshida didn’t sugar coat the trauma she also didn’t show any full-on scenes of sex or being raped. These sexual scenes are cleaner than what I’ve seen on Supernatural or any other American TV show. The fact that she did this is an incredibly mindful action for a creator to take---and to me it speaks volumes. Yoshida isn’t bent on scarring her audience (something way too many shows are eager to do and go way overboard with) but she wants to make sure we have the proper reaction of horror and anger when these scenes happen because rape and sexual assault ARE HORRIBLE and we should be angry and horrified at the assailants and empathize/feel sorrow for the victim. And holy cow what an amazing character Ash is, his life is literal hell and while he’s not a hyper, chipper little ray of sunshine—which makes him super realistic to me—he’s also not a angsty, moody teenager. He is intelligent and creative, funny, adaptive, fearful, friendly, distant, courageous, protective and aware. He is a little moody and angsty but it fits and makes sense for his personality. His funny scenes and other characters’ funny scenes don’t take away from the seriousness of the show, it knows it’s a serious show but it also knows that humor is part of life and it’s part of being human. This too adds onto the fact that Ash is a person, he has many moments of weakness and strength, he humiliates people and gets humiliated, he is still a human and Yoshida makes sure you SEE that. These scenes add to his personality and his relationship with the other characters in the scene, and they have a purpose beyond just being funny. Ash is constantly told his status as a rape victim is what defines him and he defies it every step of the way. He isn’t immune to his trauma, he still has reactions to it, it still is a huge part of his life and he’s constantly running into it again, but he’s still MORE THAN that and this show does such a good job of showing that. We as an audience know he’s more than that and the creator shows that she knows it too, that she knows that victims are so much more than their traumas and that they deserve better. The ending is bitter and for me it’s a horrible ending because that’s not how I wanted to see things end for Ash but I feel like it was less of a commentary about how things end for rape victims and more of: Ash never truly believed he could leave this life, and even when he finally left the mafia part of it, he still couldn’t leave the gang-related portion of it, instead he clung to it and he didn’t make too many attempts to try and leave it, he settled into it and as a result the ending he got was a bit typical of gang related characters. It was still sad, I still think it should have ended better for him, but I can make sense of it. 

Show: Banana Fish

Characters: Ash Lynx; Eiji Okumura; Dino Golzine

Creator:  Akimi Yoshida

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