#aka the amv i wish i could make

[delcat177]

And nobody knows what it's really like But everyone says it's great You can see it from the spiral in their eyes (spiral in their eyes)

--TMBG, Spiraling Shape

Uzumaki, chapter 03 | Junji Ito

[valarioncy]

HOLLOWeen Treats

Hey, Adam here. Posting this so the idea doesn't get lost in reblogs or whatever. I know Cy will forget to do this later.

On October 31 (AKA Halloween), go into our asks and say "Happy Holloween" for a little trick or treat surprise.

It could be a random screenshot from our collection, a meme, a piece of fanart not yet posted to Tumblr (or anywhere else), written works, unreleased AMVs. There's a lot of possibilities.

And the more "Happy Holloween" wishes we get on Halloween, the more surprises and fun content the Hollow fandom will get in return.

MAKE A REMINDER! WISH VALARIONCY A HAPPY HOLLOWEEN THIS YEAR!

You will not regret it. At least we hope not. :> -Adam D on behalf of Cyrokin

[theexiledviera]

Notfrozen

Video: Frozen Audio: Notbroken, by the Goo Goo Dolls Published: Spring 2014 Edited by: macchinainterna (aka me)

Yes... I made a Frozen AMV... Don't @ me. :P

Backstory

I didn't even like Frozen all that much! How the hell did it come to this? Well, this was literally a "heat of the moment" spat of inspiration I had after releasing Veneration. I was planning on taking a break from editing and wasn't looking for any new ideas. One day at work I was listening to Notbroken and it just hit me, hard.

The only problem was Frozen hadn't come out on blu-ray yet, so I was at a loss for working on the video. So I had to wait and let the idea stew in my head until it was finally out. When I got my copy I immediately went home and started editing it.

The video only took me a couple weeks to make, but I wished I had taken longer. There are parts I know I could have polished up better, but at the time I was editing this the anti-Frozen hype started coming up and it was burning me out with working on the video. So I had to finish it sooner than I would have liked.

A lot of people still loved this video and it ended up being my second most popular in the AMV community. Not one I'd consider my best, but if people enjoyed it then far be for me to say otherwise.

[torchickentacos]

Hi hmmm i guess my WIP themes rn are mid-life crises. I mean I told you my Norman idea but I'm also working on a moms fic that happens pretty much right after Caroline's divorce and just about Delia helping her through it. Also, early 20s crises AKA Chloe not knowing if she wants to keep doing contests. It's been months since I've updated oops but I think some of it hits a lil close to home rn.

Also, just relationships w/ ppl across distance and time? Idk if that makes sense but my appeal fic has Dawn competing in Hoenn with Kenny, Drew, etc. while Zoey is competing in the master rank in Sinnoh and kinda having a tough time, and just how they miss each other and keep in touch and support each other through it. My OT4 fic spans AG to at least XY, I think Drew will travel with the gang for some of AG before he and May go to Johto, and after that there'll be occasional calls and reunions and time skips and such. Very much a WIP lol. I guess one of my shigesatogou WIPs falls into that category too just bc at that point it's been years since Gary's really talked to Ash so he feels a lil weird about how close he and Goh are.

Whew that got long anyways I hope u enjoyed reading this friend! <3

HIIIIIIIII ANSWERING ASKS NOW I AM SO HAPPY I GOT SOME! I asked for them and then took a quiz and a shower and made dinner and didn't answer them oops. SO.

First off, we love a good midlife crisis. And now I kind of want to make a norman midlifecrisisdivorcecore amv to this song, which I only know isnce I'm the oldest of four. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XSdEo0Fel8 And I LOVE seeing the moms content so lmk when that's posted! and YES I can see the chloe thing hitting close to home-idk what your situation is, but in general early twenties is seemingly prime real estate for quarterlife crises. I feel like I have one every other week.

And, putting my usual lighthearted taylor self away for a second here, I think it's really important to write those stories about relationships across time and distance. It's something that I've struggled with a lot personally, and it feels like it never gets easier to keep in touch with people. I love that concept narratively, though, and there's a lot of potential for emotional rollercoasters there. There's potential for so many complicated emotions-one that sticks out to me that I'm writing in my wip is the idea of hearing about how good smeone's been doing without you and wishing that, in some capacity, they could at least pretend to be as broken up about the timing and distance as you are. idk.

Is this the may/drew/ash/gary OT4 because I am IN LOVE with the idea of them! I feel like my answer isn't hella coherent but I am looking forward to everything you've mentioned here- especially the ot4 and moms content!!!!!

[ae0nx]

FRUITS BASKET S2 EPISODE 7 RECAP AKA ‘TOP TIER FURUBA SHIT’

An accurate representation of me getting ready to talk about this episode. 

My guys... this episode pretty much hit all the points for me in what I expect of a Fruits Basket episode... and more! I loveeee this episode. I gotta admit last week’s episode was a bit of a shoulder shrug for me cos it was mostly a set up for the beach ‘arc’ but this. episode. I have way too many screen caps, I don’t know how I’ll do this. 

And we open up with a big ‘fuck no’. I love the flash forward just to prepare the audience for a whole lot of hurt. Excellent. *pours myself a glass of wine*

- Hiro: “Yeah, yeah, yeah, Mum, just don’t trip over, ok?” Sorry about that guys, I just found out my Mum’s pregnant Everyone: Whaaaaa?!

Hiro’s nonchalance of it all had me dying 😂

I appreciate the ‘dog’ fan. Definitely accurate in more ways than one. Strike one.

Strike TWO. The fact he said that in front of not only Tohru but KISA AND HIRO is so gross. I’m not even joking. It’s just gross. Not a great joke at all. Poo poo.

STRIKE THREE. Akito... please come get your dog. It’s the only useful thing you can do rn anyway

Wow, Yuki. I actually teared up a little at his realisation. This whole episode should just be called ‘call 999 for these kids’.

Hiro’s mum just sounds like a Furuba fan tbh 😝😂 Also... are the zodiac members born in their animal forms? Or is it just in the first instance they are held by a parent of the opposite sex? Cos if it’s the first option, that’s pretty... messed up. But, theoretically hilarious at the same time!

Ohhhh... Tohru’s one of those people who like to push aside their own problems and focus on other people’s instead... Except, it’s not in an annoying and judge-y way at all. However, I am beginning to question whether she is actually that selfless and the real root of it is that Tohru needs a distraction from her own pain. Either way, it’s sad and I don’t think she’s doing it consciously at all which makes it even sadder.

Oh, Tohru.

Also, appreciation for Momiji being a human backpack at all times. And I love his cat eared hat! I want one! Our Outfit Appreciation Winner this week. 4 stars.

- Kisa/Hiro being a mini version of Kyoru was basically confirmed this episode and I am happy.

Such a gorgeous moment. Pretty much met the feelings and emotions I got from reading this moment in the manga AND MORE. It’s golden. And I love it. ...‘nuff said.

Oh look, Dad’s here too 🤣

*looks into the distance to a far off future...* ANYWAYS

- Kyo being so open and honest and vulnerable with Tohru to a point where he mistakenly already thinks he told Tohru all about his parents already is just... everything to me. Especially from someone like Kyo who’s constantly carrying all this baggage around. But jeez, we always forget that Tohru’s got baggage she’s carrying around too! Tohru and Kyo on surface level look like such opposites in every way but remove some layers and they are so similar, it’s uncanny! 😍🤡

I just love developing relationships. 🥰

- Kyoko definitely wanted to destroy that flowerpot 😈 We love her. We miss her.

He’s so in love with her, I can’t. I’m gonna cry. <3 Also, that expression feels like a very Kazuma expression, is it just me?

*spontaneously combusts* 

But anyway... just cos we can’t have anything good for too long...

Tbh if I knew a Shigure, that’d be how I’d start every conversation.

I love Hatori. :) I mean he wouldn’t actually slice his gut open but it still means a lot to me that he said he would...

This go around of Fruits Basket has made me realise how much I relate to him and his position in the family. Every anime has a character that’s in their twenties and just... tired and I always relate best to them, shoutout to Keishin Ukai from Haikyuu.

Even though I hate Akito, I have an appreciation for the subtle shit the animators/designers do whenever they come onto screen. All of Akito’s actions have a kinda feather-lightness/almost ethereal feel to them and the way Akito is contrasted against not only the scenery but the other characters around them is... so gooood. I’ve already talked about how I love the emphasis on the presence of Akito in their first appearance in the anime but... I’ll still be talking about it cos it’s great. And I can’t wait to hear Colleen Clinkenbeard in this ep, but Maaya Sakamoto was stellar in this episode (fun fact: did you know she also played Haruhi in OHSHC?!?).

But yeah, I still hate Akito. Sorry.

- Kisa’s little sigh of relief that Tohru doesn’t have to meet Akito was already HEARTBREAKING but mixed with this moment....?!?!

...

I...

I just really need someone to explain to me how you could like Akito. Even after the ending of this whole series. Like...

I just don’t get it. I don’t... 

Look, I’m gonna malfunction if I don’t move on.

Oh?

This is the start... of something new... it feels so right... to be here with you... 

oooohhhh 🎶 

 👀

- Kinda sad that Kyo and Tohru had the house to themselves but there was so much weird and bad energy in the air that they couldn’t even really enjoy their pancakes :(

- That Akito and Shigure and Hatori (and partially Kureno) scene just really... disgusted me. To see someone have that much power in their touch and their words is... freaky and unsettling. And I love it cos it’s interesting but I also hate it soooo much. I have nothing more to say about it besides that really. I was more interested in the Shigure and Hatori moment afterwards...

That’s a nice way of putting it...

Maybe this was to be taken mostly as a joke, but do you think that Shigure actually wants Hatori to remind him how much of a shitbag he’s being? Most of my problem with Shigure (and why I actually liked 2001!Shigure but let’s not go there again) is that out of everyone in this series, he’s the most untouched. And yet he schemes and manipulates and seems to get everything he wants. AND what makes it even worse and annoying and spectacular, is that Shigure’s little nudges and pushes of the chess pieces which are the zodiac members aren’t so obvious to the extent that you could only blame him for it. It’s almost genius, if it weren’t so repulsive. 

*sighs* I just really want him to either repent or feel some kind of guilt afterwards. 

...Hence why I’m most interested in where he’s at after the end of this all.

All I want is a scene between him and Tohru, somewhat like this:

👀

...Ok, this moment made me like Shigure just by 5% more this episode. Still trying to figure out that Shigure/Akito relationship literally a decade later tho...

BACK TO SOME KINDA HAPPY(?) STUFF!

I love love love love love this moment between Yuki and Tohru. It was gorgeous!

I wish this scene were longer so I could make an AMV (if I really felt like it) with Coldplay’s ‘A Sky Full Of Stars’. The lyrics match the moment so much and I definitely cried.

Oh, Yuki...

It was such a beautiful way to end this episode. Wow.

And Yuki’s words to Tohru that ‘she’s just like the sky’ has so many meanings to it and I want to go into it but I’ll start really explicitly going into spoilers. So, I’ll just leave it as poetic cinema.

Perfect.

God, this was such a good episode, guys! I’d probably put this episode on the same level as the True Form episode. It gave us furuba shenanigans, it gave us kyoru, it gave us disgust and hurt and it gave us a moment of someone rising out of the ashes!

I love this anime. :) See you next week!

[zios-plotbun-farm]

My List of IronStrange Songs plus extra

Also includes what I believe are Tony-centric songs, IronDad & SpidySon songs, and finally lots of Ex-Stony songs after the keep reading. >:^D Here’s a link to my youtube playlist that has all of these

IronStrange Music

This is just for the IronStrange Playlist

Can I get your Number / Annie-Marie = Tony singing, Pre-Iron Man/Dr.Strange, 

Love Lies / Khalid, Normani = Both Sing

I wish you didn’t Love me / Jake Miller = Stephen Singing, Insecure Stephen

365 / Katy Perry = Tony singing, Love-struck Tony

Bad at Love / Halsey = Tony sings, Insecure Tony & Stephen

Him & I / G-Eazy & Halsey = Both Sing, Tony as Halsey and Stephen as G-Eazy

Fall Out Boy / Church = Tony sings

Fall Out Boy/Heaven’s Gate= Stephen sings

E.T. / KatyPerry = Both sing, I swear this is their theme song

Rather Be / Clean Bandit = Stephen sings

Walk the moon / Timebomb = both sings there is also a fic that its title seems to come from this song aka Ten times outta nine, I’m a hand grenade by twobettafish

Fifth Harmony / Don’t Say You Love Me = Pre-IronStrange, Tony sings to Stephen

The Vamps / Just My Type= Stephen sings, Pre-IronStrange, Tony not ready

P!nk / Hurts 2B Human = Both sing

Shawn Mendes / If I Can’t Have You = Tony Sings, IronStrange, Pre-Heroes, separate because of Stephens career

Jonas Blue / Perfect Strangers = Tony sings, getting together

I think I’m In Love/Kat Dahlia = Tony sings

I Won’t Say I’m In Love / Hercules= Tony sings + bots/friends, IronStrange, ExStony

PANIC! AT THE DISCO/Crazy=Genius = Both sing, First Tony later Stephen

LSD ft. Sia, Diplo, Labrinth/Genius = Both sing, Tony as Sia Stephen as the other

Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie/ME! = Both sings, Tony as Taylor Stephen as Brendon

David Guetta ft Anne-Marie/Don’t Leave Me Alone = Tony sings, Tony asking Stephen not t leave him like Steve

Carlie Hanson/Back in My Arms = Stephen sings, Pre&Post Iron Man/Dr.Strange, Stephen regretting leaving Tony back in his Surgeon days

Fall Out Boy/Fourth Of July = Stephen sings, Pre-IronMan/Dr.Strange romance then break up, Pining Sorcerer Stephen

WALK THE MOON/Kamikaze = Tony sings

Ex Stony Music

Ciao Adios/Annie-Marie = Tony singing, Ex-Stony & Stucky, CA:CW

You Should see me in a Crown/Billie Eilish = Tony singing, Ex-Stony, After CW, Towards ExAvengers

None of my Business/Cher Llyod = Tony Sings, Ex-Stony/Stucky, Tony is over it

Happier/Marshmello,Bastille = Steve Sings, Ex-Stony/Platonic, IronStrange & New Avengers

I’m a Mess/Bebe Rexha = Tony singing, Ex-Stony, Broken Tony

ALARM/Annie-Marie = Tony Sings, Ex-Stony & Stucky

Clara Mae, Jake Miller/Better Me Better You= Ex-Stony, IronStrange & Stucky

Clean Bandit, Anne Marie/Should’ve known better= Ex-Stony, Tony sings

Glowie/Cruel= Tony sings, Tony to Steve

Bebe Rexha/‘Knees’= Ex-Stony, Tony sings

Kygo, Selena Gomez/It Ain’t Me= Tony sings, Ex-Stony

Maria Mena/It Took Me By Surprise = Steve Sings, Ex-Stony, Civil War

FRIENDS/Annie-Marie= Unrequited Stony, Tony sings, Ironstrange

CircusP/K a r m a= Tony sings, Civil War, Vengeful Tony

Dua Lipa/IDGAF = Tony sings, So done Tony

Maria Mena/It Took Me By Surprise = Steve Sings, Ex-Stony, Civil War

Mabel/Don’t Call Me Up= Tony sings, Over Steve

Anne-Marie/Then = Tony sings, feeling betrayed & bitter

Others

Preach/John Legend = Tony Sings, Tony-centric

Last Hurrah/Bebe Rexha = Tony singing, Tony-centric

Anxiety/Anna Clendening = Tony sings,Tony centric, about Trauma/PTSD

Invisible/Anna Clendening = Tony sings,Tony centric, Unrequited Love[Stony], Civil War, consoling Stephen

Daya/Sit Still, Look Pretty= Tony sings, Tony centric, ExStony & ExPepperony, against relationship that tried to change/control him.

Imagine Dragons/Ready Aim Fire = Tony sings, His theme song

Toxic Thoughts/Faith Marie= Tony sings, Tony centric

Ava Max/So Am I= Tony sings, Tony centric

King Of The Clouds/Panic! At The Disco= Tony sings, Tony centric

FFF/Bebe Rexha = Tony & Stephen sing, Tony centric, Ex-Avengers, plus Stephen

Real Friends/ Camila Cabello = Tony sings, Ex-Avengers, Sad Lonely Tony

Hamilton/History Has its Eyes on You= Tony Sings to Peter, IronDad, SpidySon

Young Gods/Total Apes= IronKids sing about their Dads, IronStrange Money/Tony and Power/Stephen

Zero/Imagine Dragons = Tony & Peter singing parts, Mentor & Mentee

Owl City/Not All Heroes Wear Capes= Peter Sings, Iron Dad & Spidey Son

Perfect to Me/Annie-Marie = Peter-centric

“Monster”/Imagine Dragons= Loki Sings, Loki centric

Big list I have here I know but now if anyone decides to use this to maybe make some awesome IronStrange PMVs, AMVs, music animatics etc… that would be great (=ω=). Cause you know I might have this list to do that myself but ughhh work so yeah~

Please if any work is inspired by my list here could you guys be a dear and add a link to it here I would love to watch it. *w^ 

[greed-the-dorkalicious]

A diehard Mangahood fan’s opinion on why YOU- YES, YOU- should watch FMA 2003

(Yes, those are his actual lines in this scene. These are the Netflix captions.)

2018 is off to a great start, with both FMA anime being back on Netflix! But ever since Brotherhood overtook 03 in popularity years ago, the FMA fandom has been so deeply divided on the subject of the two anime that even today, a lot of FMA fans who have never seen 03 vehemently refuse to watch it, simply because they heard from someone else that it’s bad.

As someone who’s been in the FMA fandom for about 9 years, could easily go on for hours about the endless problems with 03, and firmly believes the manga is better than both anime anyway, I think that this attitude is bullshit. While I understand that 03 is not everyone’s cup of tea for sure, I think refusing to even try it is a very narrow-minded approach that will only make you miss out. So, from one Mangahood fan to another, here’s my take on why YOU should give 03 a try now that it’s back on Netflix!

A whole 51 episodes + 1 movie worth of FMA content you haven’t seen yet! Come on, what better reason do you need? For those of you who are always craving more of those good good Elric boys and their merry band of friends, here’s a perfect opportunity to see them in all sorts of new situations, in all their fully animated and voiced glory! More fight scenes! More banter! More brotherly love! More Riza Hawkeye shooting things! More alchemy! It’s a deal you can’t miss.

Learn about the FMA fandom’s history! Ever wonder why Hohenheim seems to get so much more hate than he deserves, or why that one Ishvalan kid who got like 3 lines is sometimes called Rick? Have you ever found yourself in the deep reaches of DeviantArt or Google Images and found strange images of armor Al with tattoos, Rose with dark skin and pink bangs, an edgy-looking kid with similar clothes to Envy, or a low quality gif of Havoc crying and aggressively writing in a journal captioned with “I have all these feels”? Confused about the phrase “In those days, we believed that to be the world’s one, and only, truth”? Do you occasionally see content of the “Tringham brothers” or “Alfons Heiderich” and not understand who they are? Have you seen the “tiny miniskirts” clip on YouTube, but never been able to find it in context? Just where did the titular tumbleweed of International FMA Tumbleweed Appreciation Day come from, anyway?! All these questions and more can be answered by watching 03!

Beautiful music! A lot of great music came out of the 03 era, such as silly OST pieces like Pint-Size Alchemist or Favorite Daughter; Beautiful pieces like Equivalent Exchange or Memories; Haunting choruses like Ishbal or Dante; Fun and memorable theme songs FMA’s oldest banger, Melissa, or the Resembool Trio anthem, Hagane no Kokoro; And of course, the unforgettable masterpiece of a duet that spawned a legacy transcending years and languages, Bratja aka Brothers.

Talented voice actors! 03 had a slightly different voice cast from Brotherhood. For the dub, we’ve got the loveable and unforgettable Aaron Dismuke as Al- You might know him for his triumphant return in Brotherhood as young Hohenheim, but he was the original Alphonse Elric, when he was just 12 years old! Aside from that, we’ve got Chris Patton as Greed, Dameon Clarke as Scar, Monica Rial as Dante, and “sexy Greed” Troy Baker as Robocop himself, Frank Archer! And for the original Japanese version, there’s Nana Mizuki (Lan Fan in Brotherhood) as Wrath, Tooru Okawa as Roy, Megumi Toyoguchi as Winry, and Junichi Suwabe (perhaps best known as Victor Nikiforov and Aizawa Shouta) as Greed. And more!

Bonus content from the manga that wasn’t in Brotherhood! While Brotherhood initially rushed through the beginning of the plot under the assumption that we’ve all seen it 500 times already so let’s get to the new stuff, 03 actually took its time and included episodes based off the early stories, such as Youswell or the battle on the train. Not only that, but 03 also includes episodes based off some of the bonus chapters (Dog of the Military, the military festival, the one where Havoc went on a date with Catherine) and even some content from the light novels (The Tringham brothers, the haunted warehouse).

An interesting reimagining of FMA, with new perspectives explored, and new characters! It’s true that 03 has a very different plot and overall tone from Mangahood, and maybe it’s not for everyone, but why is the mere concept of being different seen as a bad thing? Think of it like a fanfiction, an interesting AU with its own distinct flavor. Who knows, maybe you’ll enjoy 03′s style! It features interesting (not always good, not always bad, but certainly interesting) new characters, such as Dante, the Tringham brothers, Wrath, Sloth, Frank Archer, Lujon and Lydia, and Rick and Leo. It also explores new possibilities and new directions that the manga didn’t. Ever wish Nina, Sheska, Lust, Rose, Martel, or Mason got more character development? Do you wonder what the state alchemist exam might be like? Do you think the homunculi simply being created by Father is too boring an origin story? Are your favorite superhero comic storylines the ones that involve alternate universes crossing over with each other? Ever wanted to see a cyborg shoot bullets out of his mouth? Are AMVs featuring Scar set to early 2000s emo music your niche but passionate hobby? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, 03 is the anime for you!

Also ngl, some of the fight scenes are really cool. Ed vs. Greed in particular... now THAT was some animation, woah. I love it.

In conclusion, if you’re a FMA fan and you haven’t seen 03 before, I highly recommend you check it out! After all, it can’t hurt- Either you’ll enjoy it and have a fun time with more FMA content, or you’ll learn for yourself that you don’t like it, and can simply stop watching. But you’ll never know until you try! Please, don’t listen to bitter, negative fans who only want to drive you away from something you might enjoy. (Ngl, most of them probably weren’t even around before Brotherhood came out anyway; I can tell you from experience that before Brotherhood got really popular, 03 was actually considered to be a really good anime, and had it not been so successful Brotherhood would never have even been created.) Open up to new possibilities, and give 03 a try!

[babyspacebatclone]

I made my first AMV when I was about 14 for Sailor Moon to Brian Adam’s Depend On Me (yes, Serena/Darien aka Usagi/Mamoru). I was timing specific scenes, considering literal versus symbolic interpretation of imagry, and fighting with the limited footage I had available.

I read my first fan fic by someone else around - 17? Saw my first actual AMV probably at 20??

This was just a “thing” I did to distract myself. It was all in my head. I would have been shocked at the time to learn other people not only did this, but actually made them, for other people to see.

That people could like you for doing this.

I still plot AMVs, sometimes, but know I’ll never actually have the time to make them so it’s less interesting.

I wrote a band of original characters so I can make music videos with them, instead, and get around the “limited footage” problem. And then gave them magic and a plot because that was fun.

I seriously wish I could make some of these happen. The one to Crash Test Dummies’ Superman Song wouldn’t even be that hard, except that last scenes, and even that can be done with green screen....

[sparkleoverlord]

artists hating themselves and what they create is such a sad thing

I was just vibing and staring at my layout homework when I suddenly remembered something important that i had created and then lost forever.

 When I was in grade 9, we had a unit in English class based on the book “unwind”

a super interesting read. TLDR it’s about kids who are unwanted by their parents and so they get their organs harvested (it was an au where this was the alternative to abortion). ANYWAYS, we had to do a project making a video one minute scene from the book. There was one scene where a kid was getting “unwound” aka he was getting his body parts harvested and donated and he was conscious through the whole thing. I decided to DRAW and make an animatic on it.

The effort that I had put into the project was frikken insane. we had two weeks to do it and in those two weeks I had casted some old friends of mine at the time to voice the surgeons and doctors. Like dude... i fkn SCOURED freesound.org for the perfect sounds, and i did so much research on what an operating room looked like.

I didn’t even have a desk at that point in my life. I slaved over my shitty huion tablet with a  broken pen while I sat on the ground with my laptop sitting on a box on top of my bed. I used free programs such as fire alpaca, audacity, and windows movie maker. Tiny 14 year old me with her shitty drawing skills went all out on this project just because she really loved to make animatics. 

The animatic was cleaned up and shaded with a grey scale with some weird green overlay. and it was ONE MINUTE LONG (very long)

Bro i was so fucking proud of it right. I showed it in class ad everyone praised me and they all really liked it.

and Idk why but i kept watching it and nitpicking it until I hated it. No one was even critical about it. I impressed all the other grade 9s around me with it bcuz i was the only person they knew who drew digitally. I hated it. I deleted the youtube channel which had also some shitty AMVS that I used to make.

I don’t have the laptop anymore. This was the age before I started using google drive so i lost it. I was the first animatic I had ever made. It was my small step into discovering my love for making cartoons and films you know. Along with losing the laptop, I lost a lot of my old art that i “hated”

I’m going to go into the industry soon and my goal is to become a storyboard artist, and I really wish  could look back and see what I did back then. I want to be able to compare my first animatic that I did back then to one that i’m doing now in class. I wonder how many other artists lost their precious films and works due to this same feeling. I really wish I could go back and tell myself to take care of everything that I had created. I’m currently trying to unlearn this hate that I have buried within myself but it’s really hard. my wish is that people cherish what they make more often. Losing that animatic s one of my biggest regrets in my life.

anyways here’s a thumbnail from my most recent storyboard for no reason.  thank you for reading my story if you got this far

TLDR: ARTISTS PLEASE DONT HATE YOUR ART. I know artistic growth is slow, but YOU ARE IMPROVING. TAKE CARE OF EVERTHING YO MAKE SO YOU DON’T LOSE YOUR PRECIOUS WORK. you will regret it in the future

[paradoxiii]

Orange?

orange: what makes you feel warm inside? what’s your favorite halloween tradition? what’s the last thing you learned? when’s the last time you felt obsessed? what’s your favorite article of clothing?

Hot drinks Whenever I make any of my friends really happy! Like, sometimes I’m nervous that they’re faking it, but other times I’m just like “Oh my goodness they’re actually happy! Because of me!” Now that I think about it, that sounds more narcissistic than I thought…   My favorite Halloween tradition is watching the “This is Halloween” Soul Eater AMV. In 7th, 8th, and I think 9th grade, my friends and I managed to get a teacher to play it at the end of class. The tradition didn’t last past that, but it shall always be in my heart :’)   The last thing I learned was that tannins are the thing that make wine and stuff bitter aka why my mom has to force me to take a sip of wine on new years eve every year.   Ah, well,,,,,, this is a tad embarrassing, but I have kind of been mildly obsessing over the two people I have crushes on….. I’m not doing anything stalkerish, I just think about them a lot and look through chats I’m in with them, look at pictures… fantasizing like an idiot. I kind of excuse it for the one because I’m 99% sure they know about it and they haven’t said anything about it being weird or creepy. The other person, however, has made their feelings (or lack thereof) apparent, so I feel like it’s really creepy that I’m still kind of obsessing over them…    Right now, it’s this grey dress I have that’s super comfy and long sleeved and has a hood and looks really cool. I wish I could wear it all the time, but I don’t want to wash it multiple times in one month. (also I feel like people judge me when I wear the same clothes over again because yay for being a lazy ass)

Anyway, thank you for the ask, darling! ^_^

[aligningducks]

*reads post, especially the first question*

Hoooooooooo boy......

.....Buckle up, this is gonna take a while.

(Putting the rest under the cut for length)

*sighs* ...It's complicated. I feel adequate and (at least partially) qualified to write long analytical comments because analysis is something I'm good at (at least in certain contexts) and I've read enough fanfic for my main fandom of varying quality and various AUs to (probably) have a decently good grasp of the state of fanfic for that fandom (at least the parts of it that are relevant to what I'm analyzing, if that factors into what I'm analyzing at all, which for that fandom often does but for a different fandom wouldn't). I do, however, partially feel unqualified since a) I've only read fanfic for that fandom for like a year or something, b) for as well as I can write nonfiction comments, I currently can't write fiction very well (if only because I haven't written much fanfic for my main fandom, or for any fandom recently, so haven't gotten much practice doing so), and c) I haven't written much fanfic, good or bad, in general (at least recently). This is exacerbated if the person whose stuff I'm commenting on is a really good writer and has way more writing experience than me, and especially also if I'm giving said person constructive criticism specifically. As for feeling insecure regarding giving feedback... I struggle with insecurity when I leave really long comments on people's work (especially when it's clear I care deeply about what I'm saying), not because I feel that my commentary isn't up to snuff, but because I'm anxious that the author will think it's weird that I care so much and wrote so much. (I've gotten a lot better with this, due to (at least in main part) reassurance and realizing that I likely have ADHD which is why I (possibly) fixate on people's work (and also that some authors do or might have ADHD as well so it makes sense that they wouldn't think my behavior is weird).)

If I'm reading a piece of fanfic I really enjoy, I do usually want to give feedback, at least on at least one of the chapters (if I can think of anything interesting to comment, which I usually can since my favorite fanfics are ones that give me fodder for analyzation). The problem I've run into is that if I get too locked into a self-imposed need to comment on every part of a fic I could want to I can paralyze myself from actually finishing reading a fic, or leaving any further comments on it at all, for an extended length of time (I'm unfortunately in this situation with most of my favorite fics right now), since my free time (aka potentially potential fic-reading time) is usual suffused with a mental weariness that makes me unable to write long comments, or at least unwilling to try. So sometimes I'll instead read fics I don't like as much just because they're ones I don't feel a need to "read properly" (aka make sure not to skim anything and comment intensively on). I haven't gotten this issue worked out yet; one could say the solution would be to lower my standards of exactitude, but I like being exact!! I revel in minutiae!! I don't want to feel like I missed details I would have enjoyed paying (and possibly that it would have paid off to pay) attention to! I just wish my brain was more functional more of the time, lol. Or that I was better/more disciplined at notetaking while tired so I could read my favorite fics while so.

I do wish I could get more feedback on my work, I guess (...although not entirely since that would mean I'd have to respond to it, which I'm already behind on doing for some of the feedback I have gotten 😅). I have two oneshot fanfics up on AO3, and some AMVs (mostly very short snippet ones); people got the point of the second fic, but it'd be nice if anyone would indicate that they understood the first. Also I have at least one or two videos that I would be really happy if anyone wrote analyses of because I put a lot of detail into them and I could explain that all myself but it'll be way more fun, for both me and the viewer/s, if the viewer/s figure it out. In terms of constructive criticism (and anything else I hadn't thought of), [okay I'm getting cut off by the word limit hang on]

POLL:

How many people feel inadequate/insecure/unqualified to give feedback on a piece of writing?

How many people just don’t care to give feedback but prefer to read more for their own enjoyment/relaxation?

How many people wish they could get more feedback on their work?

How many people feel confident giving feedback and even feel like they could help other people learn the skill?

How many people write more for self-entertainment?

How many people write because they truly wish to hone and develop in the craft?

No wrong answers, everyone, I am Thinking About Something and so I am Just Curious. Thanks for your participation if you feel so inclined to jump in!

[scenarios-on-ice]

“Alright, Luna-senpai!”

Thus the technically-smol and not-so-innocent Evans was saved from a brutal, feelsy death by Queen Luna’s common sense.

If only we could say the same for Philip Hamilton. R.I.P

Ah, it is true that I am professional feels-murderer. However, when it comes to me being a cinnamon roll…that remains to be seen :)

Aww, I didn’t mind the basement thing, really! That isn’t something I’d see as a major spoiler since you didn’t tell me what was actually inside of it ^^ as for AoT, I forgot to mention that I’ve caught up with the manga now! I got so irritated at falling behind all of my fandoms and then going on tumblr like “wth new chapter already now I’ve got to avoid the spoilers but I WANNA SEE THE SPOILERS but I WANNA APPRECIATE THE TWISTS” that I went and binge-read Black Butler, AoT and TG almost all at once lol

Like you, though, I don’t know if I’m appreciating what’s going on in AoT right now. Isayama’s doing so many POV switches and focusing on so many new plot twists and info dumps that it almost feels like he’s abandoning all the old plot threads he hasn’t tied up yet. Also, he’s pulled off two time skips in quick succession now, which makes things even more confusing.

If he has a plan and knows what he’s doing this could turn out OK, but if not, well…it could become a complete and utter trainwreck.

YOU POSSESS THE POWER OF AMVs I BOW DOWN TO YOU

Seriously, if you want to and you have the time, I’d love to see that actually happen (though if you can’t that’s fine too ^^). I actually wrote down a whole plan for this MMV/AMV thing because the more I listen to Wait for It the more it reminds me of TG…

(More feels: for the line ‘My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher’, Amon and Donato. And then 'but there are things that the homilies and hymns can’t teach you’ Amon’s first encounter with Kaneki.

Then 'My mother was a genius’ possibly Eto and Ukina? or Matsumae?

'My father commanded respect’ Juuzou and Shinohara

And you know how the chorus echoes 'respect’ after that line? Sasaki’s face shows up during that echo (he did have the Q squad’s respect in his own way). Or maybe Yoshimura. I considered Arima but I have another line I want for him…

'When they died, they left no instructions’ Ryouko’s (Hinami’s mother’s) death

'Just a legacy to protect’ Hinami saving Sasaki in the auction arc. Cinnamon roll is making her parents proud.

'Death doesn’t discriminate’ anything with Arima. Maybe his death scene? The Grim Reaper never hesitated, not even when it came to his own life.

Also, the scenes with Nutcracker’s death and young Arima reaching out the window in his flashback might fit well with the last chorus (“Life doesn’t discriminate”). In fact, I feel like the most emotional scenes or the ones that show characters going through hardships would fit with the last chorus, since it’s about how hard life can be no matter who you are.

I know I want the 'Let’s go home’ scene in here somewhere but I’m not sure where it should go. It should be in a powerful, meaningful place, probably in the last chorus like the above scenes, but I can’t decide where it would have the most impact.)

I just went back and checked out some discussions in the fandom, and I’m really, REALLY sorry! But apparently the 'I’ve forgotten their names’ was an April Fool’s joke…? I’m kinda glad that there’s no deeper, more tragic meaning I could dig out from that line now, but also kind of disappointed because I was liking the contrast with Naki.

The line that was actually there is no better when it comes to feels.

“If the people you lost somehow returned to you…how would you feel?”

“It’d be frightening.

I’d worry that they might just disappear again.”

coupled with this lovely panel of Kaneki, his eyes closed and head tilted upwards, with a vaguely melancholy expression on his face.

Ishida Why

Also, remember Furuta’s touching declaration of love?

“I’ll have Rize bear me a bunch of children, 101 dalmations style~”

Yeah, well.

He got his wish…? Sort of…?

I love Hinami more and more. Despite everything that’s happened she’s made it clear since a few chapters ago that she has no grudge against Akira or even Kureo Mado, and in fact, she’s the one who pulls Akira into her arms (Akira just stands there and soon starts to cry for the first time since the Anteiku Raid).

Those names do sound a bit weird XD but I’m definitely gonna watch all of those when I can! And I’ll let you know when I do!

OMG.

There’s something weirdly exciting about knowing that we’re this close (like one of us could literally jump on a plane and meet the other in around a couple of hours) :D I really hope you have fun in Japan! :) I’m almost kinda jealous lol…but CONGRATS!

The amount of times I’ve died and risen from the dead is astonishing. 

Phillip needed an Evans and a Luna to save him from his demise. Too bad he didn’t have any. 

Your feels-murdering skills are over 9000 *breaks eyepiece*

Ah, that’s amazing! I’m glad you’re all caught up now ^^ We have a lot (A LOT) to discuss, especially about Black Butler. To sum up my feelings about it: I am dead inside. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY(Did he have to say goodbye). 

I am this close to giving up on AoT as well. However, I wish to see how my precious ray of sunshine (Armin) will fare, so I’ll have to bear with it. Hooray.

Fun facts, my amvs are horrible. Since I use a free program, they have huge watermarks and I don’t know how to add effects at all, but there’s always youtube to help hahah I’ll work on it quite soon, but I can’t guarantee how well it’ll turn out ^^ 

When thinking about how to pull it off, I was realised that using manga panels for everything would be the best way to go, as not to confuse people or make it weird. As for ‘Let’s go home’, it could probably fit well with ‘death doesn’t discriminate’, but we already have Arima for it... Oh, oh, maybe with ‘it takes and it takes’. Finding all the right panels will be a pain in the ass ;-; I’ll probably ask you a few times if you know the approximate chapter of certain scenes ^^;;

Oh thank god. I mean, it was quite out of character, even for Sasaki. Jeez. That was mean ;-; (Not mean from you, but from the fandom T_T) The alternate line is so much better and fits him more. And it’s actually just as sad. Gdi Ishida, you’re evil.

What What What What What No Please no Oh dear God and I’m not even a religious person WHYYYY I believe Ishida is made out of 5% cinnamon roll and 95% pure evil.  Also, I just happen to stumble upon the last panel of the latest chapter, aka Mutuski being creepy af, holding Kaneki and going ‘sense <3′ whaT’D I MISS?? Lots and lots of things

WHAT IS THIS???

((Don’t mind me, I’m just searching for the panel of Kaneki and his what if everyone came back. I WILL FIND IT))

Whoops, found it

Well, shit

On to lighter themes!

Japan was absolutely amazing! We did so many things and saw lots of new places! It’s a completely different world, that’s for sure. And my Love Live loving ass was in heaven. Seriously, I bought 4 figures (bc they’re really cheap there) and one plush toy, and they’re all related to LL. I might need help. Aaand, after watching the 4 eps of BnHA season 2, I recommend it even more! It’s a mix between serious/dark and humour and imo, it was pulled off very well ^^

I hope school’s going fine for you! Cause mine isn’t :’) Well, it’ll get better now, since this week was the hellpoint hahah

[graveofglenvale]

im pretending i got tagged by @goldengun

Rules: answer the questions given to you by the tagger, write 11 questions on your own and tag some cool people.

1. What’s your favorite local ghost story?

idk any i dont talk to anybody 😔 though i convinced a couple of kids that there was a friendly lizard monster around here. does that count

2. In your opinion what’s the worst condiment?

MUSTARD

3. Is there anything unusual you eat raw or half-cooked (frozen meals, cookie dough, etc)?

since when is it weird to eat cookie dough raw? anyways uh no not that i can think of rly,,, no not really

4. Any cultural fad you lived through that you want to see again?

bring silly bandz back 2k18

5. Would you rather spend the rest of your life working on a farm in the middle of nowhere or at an archetypal 9-5 cubicle job in the city?

archetypal 9-5 cubicle job in the city. ik that sounds lame but like... it’s a more secure job than farming, i’d have people around, and i can’t stand living in the middle of nowhere (this is one of my least favorite places i’ve ever lived PLEASE save me.) plus i mean there’s a chance of promotion i guess right

6. What’s the worst thing your current town considers Part Of Its culture? Can be a food or a mascot or a fair or anything.

i don’t know shit about this town. i don’t talk to anyone or do anything i don’t have a driver’s license and nothing is within walking distance. lots of hicks though

7. Do you Google search the weather, do you watch for it on television, or do you have an app that handles that?

A Thermometer but when im too lazy to look at that i either google it or use the Weather app that came w my iPhone

8. Most embarrassing thing you’ve ever argued about, passionately, online?

someone called chikorita a bad pokemon and i got really heated over it and argued with them about it and then unfollowed and blocked them because i was just so fucking offended

9. Favorite Top 50/”Overrated” song?

Havana by Camila Cabello and Sorry Not Sorry by Demi Lovato are catchy : /

10. What was your biggest dream as a kid?

for people to respect me and also to be a veterinarian and/or rock star

11. If you could magically pick up a trade/craft skill and do it expertly, but couldn’t use that skill to make a profit, what would the skill be? Why? Assume you also already get all the tools/things the skill involves too, for free, and they’ll never break or require intensive maintenance.

make plushies. They Soft and Good Gift for Friend. or i guess learning to sew in general would be really good; i could make my own nice clothes and plushies of whatever I wanted and, like I said, help friends out and give them really nice, really unique gifts. there’s probably a lot of other stuff you can do with sewing that I’m not remembering right now.

MY QUESTIONS:

1. Which of your belongings means the most to you?

2. What’s your favorite carnival food?

3. What is a game/show/etc. that you think deserves more love? Tell us about it!

4. What’s something you’ve always been really passionate about?

5. Who was the first fictional crush you had that you remember?

6. If you could have anything for a pet- real, fictional, whatever- what would it be? Assume you’re able to train and take care of it regardless of species. Please for Pete’s sake don’t say human or anything, like, sentient.

7. Would you rather kiss an alien, a robot, or a monster? (Assuming the other party is sentient and consents, obviously,)

8. What’s the most embarrassing piece of art you’ve ever made? Can be a drawing, writing, AMV, whatever.

9. If you could live in any era without all the social issues and illnesses and such things (aka the idealized version), which would it be?

10. What’s your favorite 80s song? It doesn’t have to be a hit!

11. What is one cancelled show you wish they would bring back (and not as a cruddy reboot)?

I tag uhh. @wuvs @roswellnm god idk who’s cool with being tagged. do it if you want and be sure to @ me!

[i-eat-broken-dreams-4-breakfast]

PLEASE SOMEONE MAKE THIS HAPPEN

ok so I know I haven’t posted on this blog for like.. a year?... hahaaa... (and I still have followers, ???? you ppl are amazing)

but I’m just gonna make a request to the YoI community because Y’ALL ARE AMAZING I MEAN CAN WE JUST GET A STANDING OVATION FOR VIKTUURI. OMFG. But let’s get to the good stuff

I’ve seen some GREAT AMV’s (aka HERE and HERE) BUT!! for the life of me I cannot edit videos (I can barely cut mp3 files) so I am throwing this out there FOR SOMEONE TO DO IF THEY SO WISH (I WOULD DO THIS IF I HAD THE SKILLS)

An AMV of Yuri on Ice!! featuring 24K Magic by Bruno Mars. (WHICH IS AN AMAZING SONG BTW)

And you might be wondering, why? Why this song? Why? LET US SEE THE REASONS

1. 24K is a purity standard for gold <<duh>>, and WHAT MEDAL DID VIKTOR WANT YUURI TO WIN (so it could be renamed 24K Medal, but you didn’t hear that from me~)

2. THE LYRICS FIT. THE LYRICS. FIT.

“Pop pop it’s show time, guess who’s back again?” CUE VIKTOR’S EMERGENCE AS YUURI’S COACH

“Wearing Cuban links, designer minks” *COUGH* YURIO AND HIS TIGER OUTFIT

“I’m a dangerous man with some money in my pocket” ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)  bruh.

“Hashtag blessed they ain’t ready for me” GET ME A CLOSE UP OF THE KISS GODDAMN IT

3. The beat of the song is like PERFECT for the skating cutscenes I MEAN I SWEAR

4. VIKTOR IS A SASSY MOTHERF*** SO THIS SH** WOULD BE LIT AF!!!

5. BC THE FIRST SEASON IS OVER AND IM DYING FOR MORE CONTENT AMIDST THOUSANDS OF OTHERS

THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN. And if it doesn’t happen, that’s ok. BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET THIS IDEA OUT THERE BECAUSE I CAN’T MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO IF YOU GOT SOME SKILLS WITH DAT VIDEO EDITOR. AND YOU LIKE YURI ON ICE. I BEG YOU. THINK ABOUT IT. PLEASE.

btw this also might be my “I’m-back-bitches” post, since I’m gonna start posting again *gasp* Mainly Yuri on Ice, maybe some other shows- YOU KNOW IT’S GONNA BE ALL VIKTUURI BECAUSE I’M TRASH