#an actual ripoff

[a-dragons-hoard-of-stuff]

Rewatching Voltron and it’s interesting seeing how different the first seasons are to the ending. How everything seemed to be on another path despite also clearly not.

Take Shiro no longer being the black paladin for example

Shiro put a lot more work into bonding with the black lion then Keith eventually does. Given he had to directly fight Zarkon for it.

Honestly it doesn’t even make much sense to have Shiro battle Zarkon for Black when the plan was to have Keith take over.

Wouldn’t that have been a good time for Keith to prove he was worthy of piloting Black? And you wouldn’t necessarily need to make him the black paladin right then and there. He could have helped Shiro defeat Zarkon. Establishing a proper connection without taking over just yet.

Although this doesn’t take into account Keith’s connection to Red.

They’re shown to have a strong bond. With Keith being the first to discover his back cannon thing. Not to mention Red’s “got to go save my idiot” moments. I mean it’s only twice so far but still, two nickels and all that.

I can not recall any moments of bonding between Red and Lance or Blue and Allura. Although I haven’t gotten that far in my rewatch.

And yet the writers were clearly planning for a mech musical chairs. Because Black allowed Keith to pilot them to save Shiro.

In a very obviously shoehorned in way of doing it. The lions have been shown to be quite autonomous, especially when it comes to saving their paladins. So there was no reason Black needed Keith there.

But yeah. There’s a lot of little whiplash moments where they’re dropping hints of Shiro’s death and Keith becoming the leader. While they are also continuing to strengthen the bonds they have with their current lions.

[minnow-doodle-doo]

What if you were trapped in Gotham and the only other human there was someone just like you??

[hinamie]

@philosophiums and i have been nursing the beginnings of an atla au so have some preliminary designs while we cook :>

[tblsomedoodles]

The Preferable Alternative- Prologue - Part 1

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New au. I can't explain the main thought behind this without spoilers. And since i'm jumping straight into a multi-part comic, i won't be giving out any.

Basically vibes for this is that it's kinda creepy and maybe suspenseful with eventual hurt/comfort (if that doesn't make sense, im sorry, i have a hard time describing things). I'm also pretty mean to Donnie. Not "Donnie vs" mean, but unfortunately this idea wouldn't work with anyone else.

(for those that get anxious, like me. There is no main character death. (might not be death at all but we shall see. that depends on one character and even i'm not sure exactly what they'd do yet.) and no one's gets serious physical injuries. Definitely more hurt/comfort than plain angst. b/c that's how i roll. I can't do straight up angst.)

I'll write a proper summery once the prologue's done. I don't want to spoil it too much. For now, just know it's a PB&J duo story that happens during the 6 weeks before the Krang invasion.

[k1tty5]

lots of misc sketches of varying quality 4 you

[plinkoplinko]

I gave grimmel some semblance of depth because he actually is such a one dimensional character. I wanted it to kind of parallel hiccup a little bit???? The outcome was decided only by their actions toward the dragon. Also teenager grimmel where I accidentally made him hot

[000marie198]

Okay so, the prospect of dragons becoming 'softer' and 'less strong' and 'pet-like' due to living with vikings for a few years is so messed up!

This is partially due to how Toothless was characterized in THW. His character in Httyd 1 & 2 + GotNF +RoB/DoB + RTTE + other short movies is leagues different from THW Toothless. And amongst the common reasons theorized for this is dragons having become 'softer spoiled pets' due to 'being away from the wild'. And I hate it!

These dragons, especially the ones who have riders, are canonically stronger, faster, smarter and stealthier than any wild dragons due to all the experience they gained over the years. The dragons of Berk, particularly the gang's dragons, have travelled tremendous distances in single flights, fought battles with armadas and hunters and submarines and entire flocks and practically giants, been to habitats far and wide where wild ones don't dare venture, been through so much, have had near death experiences countless times and came out of those stronger than before. Heck they've even planned and strategized before! They have sharper instincts, faster reflexes, higher endurance and stamina than the wild ones who live in their own habitats. These guys have experienced and survived going through all kinds of habitats. I really doubt that the gang's dragons, the first and last line of defence, the researcher assists, the protectors and best friends of the most competent group on the island would get soft just like that.

AND! And, each of these dragons, Toothless, Meatlug, Hookfang, Stormfly, Barf and Belch, they were becoming smarter and smarter by the day. Toothless in the first movie was intelligent, curious, kind, stealthy, elegant, scary, dangerous, adorable, protective, strong. And he remained as such throughout the series. Why turn him into a... A senseless dog?! Where did his grace, his speed, his stealth and intelligence and protectiveness and loyalty go? That was NOT Toothless. Why was my boy treated like a silly pet and nothing else? Did they just up and forget everything he did throughout the course of the franchise? Toothless whose first thing to do when he got a controllable tailfin was go out to find Hiccup's lost helmet that fell in the ocean and then he broke that tailfin because he valued and treasured this friendship over potentially distancing freedom, Toothless who had defeated and befriended multiple feral dragons without being able to fly, Toothless who ate an eel to keep his best friend safe, Toothless who played possum to fool the outcast guards and escape on his own, Toothless who was willing to drown because he couldn't leave Hiccup alone, Toothless who broke the most Intense mind control hold of the Bewilderbeast because the bond he had with Hiccup was stronger. Are we talking about the same Toothless even?

Gah, I just despise that last movie for so many reasons. I might've given it grace marks if it was just the theme being sad but everything in it was wrong and messed up and illogical.

[a-treatise-on-velociraptors]

These are not the same character. I refuse to believe these are supposed to be the same character. They've turned her into a funko pop. Why does she look like that.

[changeling-droneco]

I know there definitely are rip-offs in like, palworld, but poketubers will really look at a generic blue dinosaur and go "thats a pokemon rip off thats amaura" like no its just a generic blue dinosaur

You vs the man she tells you not worry about

[silent-stars-clan]

SHADOWCLAN

CROWCALL (24m, he/him) - a pure black warrior with blue eyes. among the youngest of the cats sent to the island. his mother was a former thunderclan warrior, and his difficult half-clan upbringing has made him a rather resentful cat.

FOXTAIL (28m, they/them) - a russet warrior with ticked stripes. born as rowankit, a run-in with a fox during apprenticeship earned them an honor rename as a warrior. they usually keep to themself.

SHADOWCLAN was the second clan hit by the epidemic, but their quarantine was swift and strict. cut off nearly entirely from other clans, they almost refused to send any cats to the island at all.

[laugtherhyena]

The sad thing about the minecraft movie is that even if they listen to the outcry and change the designs i doubt that will actually make it good because a good art direction isn't enough save a movie if the story and writing is ass

[foxgirltail]

Palworld critiques are looking more and more like Tumblr call-out posts they're all like

Long, drawn out, effective non-issue with several sources/instances

Another non-issue

This one is actually of substance and should be the main point, but it's buried by minor issues of little consequence

Another non-issue

[talesfromthecrypts]

Pay someone to pirate and transfer it onto a bluray? Limewire didn’t die for this. Have we learned nothing from Monkey D Luffy?

It’s so funny. Paying some random person on Etsy $30 for a shitty set of The Boys instead of being an adult and buying a bunch of blank discs and an external disc drive for less and you can have your Boys and Bojack and IWTV and Euphoria and 19 shitty movies and whatever else the fuck.

[dakotameh]

My friend has been convincing me (holding me hostage with a NERF gun/J) to make a Poppy Playtime fan character for a while, so I gave in after all womp womp

[leviraaaaaa]

I had a whim and ended up buying 45 Levi polaroids lmfao wtf am I even gonna do with them

And my older brother is tired of my shit lmaooo

[nylarose]

sometimes deathriders do something and i say "its cool that mox wanted to do the shield but again" but like wow he really did want to do the shield Jesus Edition