#all this uproar

[quinncadens]

The bsd fandom has surpassed even climate change

[ghost-bxrd]

Prompt:

Jason drinks alcohol for the first time ever post resurrection and makes some questionable choices in the form of plastered phone calls and worrisome messages/voicemails.

He wakes up the next morning to at least ten missed calls and dozens of panicked text messages.

[bizarrelittlemew]

[elitehanitje]

[atalante241]

I think Yanqing, Yunli and March should start a clickbait channel and make the most horrible cringe content in existence, and by that I mean ppl can’t tell if it’s ironic or not.

[vampire-nyx]

Honestly really disappointing and upsetting that just after I found the pills that make you green comics the creator turned out to very much extremely hate people like me

[lightbluetown]

i don't think we appreciate the immense potential stede has as a teacher enough. this man was born to love a Teach and to love to teach. his teacher vibes are so strong that this was literally my very first reaction to ofmd:

he's caring! welcoming! warm and receptive to everyone's needs! he's more than willing to provide them the resources [that he thinks] they need!

he observes everyone and figures out what their personal talents and interests are. he encourages open discussions and even uses wee john's flag criticism to create an impromptu activity for them to improve their practical and interpersonal skills!

just look at him patiently walking around in his classroom, giving everyone positive reinforcement and even averting a small crisis between the swede and roach, gently reminding them to treat each other with respect

and of course, he values everyone's work so much that he famously displays all of their flags as the very symbol of their ship!

are his strategies appropriate in the context of piratehood? nope! that's why his teacher vibes are strongest in the pilot-- he quickly figures out that this isn't exactly the way one should treat a bunch of fully-grown adventurous pirates. he alters his "responsive and sweet teacher" persona into what his crew actually needs: a captain with a "people-positive management style", which ends up setting him apart from other captains and eventually spelling ned low's doom

but if this man ever ended up having to manage a chaotic high school classroom he would absolutely kill it and quickly become everyone's favorite teacher

[sketching-shark]

I was curious to know, is there a specific adaptation of JTTW that you particularly enjoy? Whether its good or accurate isnt important but more like in your personal taste

AUGH going to be honest @seasonalsummers in that I don't feel like I can pick just one...there's so many excellent retellings! But I will take this opportunity to present some of my favorites.

So first up we have the 1986 Journey to the West tv series. It is in many ways very goofy and gaudy, but there's just as many reasons why it's considered one of the best retellings out there, from its genuine heart to the adherence to the og classic. And needless to say its Sun Wukong really set a standard for cheeky scheming monkey behavior. You can start watching it here:

Next up is 2016s The Monkey King 2. While this film is one of those retellings that gives the White Bone Demon a lot more prominence than she has in the og classic--and definitely has its own silly stupid moments--it also stands as one of the very few retellings that directly addresses the paradox of Tang Sanzang's mission: that he's trying to get the sutras to help mortals achieve a state of peace all while abhorring violence, and yet its only because of the violence of his disciples, especially Sun Wukong, that he's able to right a number of wrongs or simply go from day to day uneaten. You can watch it here:

And now it's time to give kudos to 2015's Monkey King: Hero Is Back. While this film is FAR from a faithful retelling and (usual refrain) has its own silliness, pretty simple plot, and gross-out humor, it also has so much heart and stands as a wonderful embodiment of the dad Wukong characterization. One also has to give it credit for its main child character, Jiang Liuer, being a genuinely charming kid who's wonder at the world and desire to do good drives the story forward in a sincerely lovely way. You can watch it here:

More recently--and in a work that is at best only loosely following the plot of Xiyouji--is 2022's Lighting Up the Stars. This film follows the story of a Li Nezha coded little orphan girl Wu Xiaowen and a Sun Wukong coded funeral director Mo Sanmei as they go from a very tense relationship to a genuinely loving father-daughter relationship. While there are moments of this film that feel kind of overwrought, it's an honestly wonderful exploration of what goes into dealing with death and the importance of love in all its many forms during life. I also have a soft spot for Mo Sanmei, who from what I've seen is the very peak of explicitly shitty cringefail loser who then genuinely works hard to become a better person Sun Wukong out there. It can be watched here:

Turning away from film and animation for a moment, I simply have to give proper kudos to Chaiko Tsai's comic The Monkey King. Between the gorgeous art, fun character designs, a good sense of how to translate many of the stories of Xiyouji into comic format, and a resolution to the Sun Wukong vs. Niu Mowang fight that I actually prefer above that in Journey to the West itself, this is definitely a comic worth going through! You can purchase it here for about $30.00

And last but certainly not least, one simply has to give due credit to 1964's Uproar in Heaven. It's an absolute gem of stylized Chinese animation, a work with the very rare allowance on the Monkey King getting to go full grandpa for tons upon tons of monkeys at Mt. Huaguoshan, and it's very faithful to the first half of the og classic with the difference that here Sun Wukong does his havoc in heaven and gets away with it. All around its a really fun work to watch and does have a lot of importance from both an animation and a historical perspective. You can watch it here:

So those are my favorite adaptations of Journey to the West! It's but a fraction of the adaptations out there, but I hope other people found these as fun as I do.

[sherlockig]

[lunar-years]

the thing is. how are they even going to bring Ted back into it? Having him hip hop right back over to London would kind of diminish the whole arc they built for him in s3 (and beyond)??? like i guess i could probably get over it but it would definitely be weird. like. oh! also Roy is manager now and we can't take that away from him. i think he'd perish.

[andibear]

instagram: justicedemocratsnj

[bittersweetbeet]

The debate surrounding the CG’s age honestly gets on my nerves as someone who sees them as young adults. Not just because of people trying to argue that they’re kids, but because of people trying to argue that they’re adults, no questions asked.

Like?? Correct me if I’m wrong but we never got confirmation of either?? So trying to argue for either case just doesn’t make any sense, just saying their ages are left to interpretation n you can do whatever is fine. Just let people hc what they want, it really doesn’t matter.

[luvscharlos]

welp, happy birthday to alex ig (his birthday present is logans car)

[bizarrelittlemew]

UPROAR (2023) | Rhys Darby as Brother Madigan

[ksksksrahrah]

[champagnemoon]

My favorite common baptist church trope is the pastor or head deacon marrying the hot wayward woman the church ladies sneer and hiss at