#all of them did

[bongwater36]

Anya doodle + wip in the roughest of stages

I really wanna talk about Anya, maybe because I see myself in her in way too many ways

[mmaeeve]

happy birthday, remus lupin.

[invested-in-your-future]

Some people would ask, "Why bother writing this rewrite—by now the show has been bad for longer than it has been good. It's been years since V3 ended."

And that's true; yes, the show I fell in love with had been eroded over time—chipped away piece by piece and replaced by a caricature of Brother Gods and talking animals and ableism and no followup for anything that end of V3 had set up.

But that doesn't change the place the first three volumes hold in my heart.

I still remember the exact moment the Red trailer dropped—I actually saw it for the first time here, on Tumblr, through gifs someone had posted. I clicked the link below those gifs, and that was the first time I "watched" RWBY.

I remember the disappointment when Volume 1 started, and it was kind of janky and less serious, and this Jaune guy would be absolutely annoying, but the setting, the lead cast, the music, the mysteries, the fighting—all of those things gripped me and hadn't let go.

I could ignore the jank and this writer's pet character hogging the spotlight as long as the rest remained good—or, hell, got even better.

And it did—V2 was a marked improvement.

I wanted to see what Ruby's theme song lyrics meant to her characterization. I wanted to see the answer to why the moon was broken and to all the mysterious hints in the lyrics and everywhere that things weren't as they seemed.

I wanted to see Weiss face her privilege and her family, see her grow, and see more of Atlas and Mistral and the reasons why White Fang would have been a thing—the discrimination that Weiss had participated in with her obliviousness and privilege.

I wanted to see Blake's past and what made her the person she were today.

I wanted to see Yang open up more and see the depths behind her obvious facade, especially after she had opened up a bit to Blake in V3.

And then V3 hit, and I was in disbelief—seeing characters die, seeing the status quo destroyed, and bad guys actually winning was a RARITY back then.

I remember watching the final stretch of V3 shaking each week. I remember the moments when I would have thought, "No way they would do this," and yet the show would do it and more.

After the V3 finale, I was at a loss—what now?

I wanted to know more; I wanted to see Summer's backstory; I wanted to see what drove Cinder to be who she was; I wanted to find out what Ozpin was and what those moves he made in that fight were; I wanted to see if Emerald would get a redemption arc or anything and why she was with Cinder in the first place.

And what's more, the world after what happened seemed to open up.

There was so much potential! So many possibilities! How would the world handle the worldwide communications being gone, and what happened? How would things change? Was this finally the time all the lyrics hinting at war and the world order crumbling came true?!

Like, it's impossible to overstate this—even now talking about this, I feel the excitement building as memories flash in front of my eyes.

It doesn't matter that everything after V3 had been an absolute disappointment. It doesn't matter that characters never evolved or grew and that the entire setting got thrown away for the sake of some very low-grade fantasy elements borrowed from other shows.

It doesn't matter that most of the answers in the show had been extremely anti-climactic and disappointing (like the moon reveal, if you can even call it that) and that the show never explored anything it could have.

It doesn't matter that the show treated its protagonists like trash, never giving them the focus or attention they deserved—in the end even spitting in the face of psychology and mental wellness altogether with V9.

The-red-trailer-through-V1-through-V3 memories are still very dear to me. It was a one-of-a-kind experience that still shaped what I like about fiction and my hobbies.

I can't let go of what the show could have been.

For years I couldn't.

I kept going back to the first three volumes, to what was, to what could have been, thinking through everything there—and each time the same kind of excitement would still be there.

So, writing that "what could have been" seemed like a logical solution for me.

It's the only way I can parse what I feel about the show—in a way dealing with grief over what it could have been.

It might sound overtly dramatic for sure, but what can I do. I really liked this show.

[eomcheong-keun-megi]

Changbin Global Citizen Festival 2023 NYC

[rovsupremacy]

I've said it before but so much of the sevens supposed friendships happen offscreen. All of the characters say they're friends and they know everything about each other but we never see them have real conversations outside of battle. And I totally agree I would have loved to spend more time focussed on for example Piper's friendships with Annabeth and Hazel (who she calls her best friends) than another chapter of her thinking about her relationship with Jason.

I dont know how many of you will agree with me but I wish heroes of olympus focused on developing friendship between the seven instead of romantic relationship except Percabeth.

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[eggsistential-breakdown]

Okay, but hear me out -- what if his parents weren't usually red and blue?

[mejkosmos]

whichever madman pointed out that the new rift on bill's body in the theraprism is meant to parallel ford's cracked glasses after he emerges out of the portal,,,, MY SOUL IS YOURS TO TAKE ANYDAY MY GOSH

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bonus !!

ford about bill:

bill about ford:

[pangur-and-grim]

he never did anything wrong

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

License to Kitty.

[hottubsandwiches]

working on life series winners designs again

[luwha]

Not telling y'all that you should be able to identify AI slop (but it is a valuable skill, you totes should), but if you're to be accusing artists of being AI left and right at least go and do your homework, or at least do the bare minimum and use AI identification tools like Hive Moderation, so you 1- don't ruin someone's lifehood 2- don't make a clown out of yourself maybe

Like, i get it, AI slop and "AI artists" pretending to be genuine is getting harder and harder to identify, but just accusing someone out of the blue and calling it a day doesn't make it any better.

The AI clowns shifted to styles that have less "tells" and the AI arts are becoming better. Yeah, it sucks ass.

They're also integrating them with memes, so you chuckle and share, like those knights with pink backgrounds, some cool frog and a funny one liner, so you get used to their aesthetic.

This is an art from the new coming set Final Fantasy for MtG. This is someone on Reddit accusing someone of using AI. From what i can tell, and i fucking hate AI, there is NO AI used on this image.

As far as i can tell and as far as any tool i've used, the Artist didn't use AI. which leads to the next one:

they accused the artist of this one of using Ai. the name of this artist is Nestor Ossandon.

He as already been FALSELY ACCUSED of using AI, because he drew a HAND THAT LOOKED A LITTLE WEIRD, which caused a statement from D&D Beyond, confirming that no AI has been used.

Not to repeat mysef, they're accusing the art above, that is by Nestor, to have used Ai.

REAL artists are not machines. And just like the AI slop, we are not perfect and we make mistakes. The hands we draw have wonky fingers sometimes. The folds we draw are weird. But we are REAL. We are real people. And hey, some of our "mistakes" sometimes are CHOICES. Artistic choices are a thing yo.

If you're to accuse someone of using Ai, i know it's getting hard to identify. But come on. At least do your due diligence.

[kesopan]

warmth in the cold

[frownyalfred]

the Batkids grow up and realize that Bruce’s whole “I stay calm so you stay calm while badly injured” shtick was SO close to unraveling at any second and they had no freaking clue. Bruce was putting a field tourniquet on them and smoothing their hair back, talking about stay calm, yeah chum? meanwhile the Batkid in question is like yeah, why am I freaking out? maybe I am taking this too seriously. and Bruce is quietly having a tiny mental breakdown in the front of the Batmobile where they can’t see him trying to remember how to drive because Robin’s bleeding out, Robin’s bleeding out—

[chloesimaginationthings]

Nightmare critters REAL introduction in poppy playtime

[brainrotcharacters]

That's that shit eating grin that practically screams "Harder! HARDER!" except the homoerotic subtext is a tripwire they're crash landing through