#and I'm having so much fun I love these mice so fucking much

[shrews-things]

The duality of man

[lemonisntreal]

A little exercise in the different paws and hands we see in the Sing universe :: [[ Feel free to use as ref ]]

I was drawing Ash and realized that I wasn't too sure how I actually wanted her paws to look? Because so far, I've just been using the "default hands" that the movies use- or just Buster's paws except with shorter claws and the normal amount of thumbs. But I'm wanting everyone to look a little more distinct than what we see in the movies, so I fucked around with some references and made anthro versions of how various paws look in real life.

NOTES :

Porcupine paws are probably my favorite to draw, with narrower fingers, claws, and messy fur, and perfect paw pads/beans.

I LOVE KOALA HANDS SO MUCH, I'm actually kinda pissed Buster doesn't canonically have two thumbs on each hand because it's genuinely SUCH a cool feature omg. I headcanon him being able to be super dexterous because of it [despite his clumsiness]

Pigs are by far the easiest for me to draw. They actually have beans too kinda? Like they definitely have some pad irl. So I draw it kinda emphasized so they can actually realistically grab stuff in-universe.

Sheep/Ungulates hooves are similar, except they're actually the HARDEST for me to draw. I genuinely hate how hooves are done in the Sing movies, like why are they fleshy. So I didn't really have any reference and had to basically bullshit the entire thing lol. Yeah the "hoof-fingers" bend at that part that looks like a joint. Yes it's gonna be weird technically.

Wolf paws are easy. Truly default. And cat paws are actually kinda similar, so I didn't draw them [laziness too lol]

Bear paws are just BIG Wolf paws. Love how wide they are. Can't wait to draw Harry, I love Bears so muchhh ughhghohjsud

Mice paws are weirdest, but I have fun with them. Really close to human hands. Love how they're pink on the bottoms <3 Mike's gonna be so cutie patootie

Gorilla hands were the second easiest to draw. Mostly because I'm pretty ok at drawing human hands, so it only really needed a little translation [don't ask me about drawing the rest of the Gorilla though, I'm still struggling to draw Johnny to this fucking day-]

Nvm, Elephant "paws" are the weirdest actually. That's just a circle- how do they grab literally anything in-universe? [I tried defining fingers, but it still looks a little odd. Might be weird looking in some drawings lol]

[science-lings]

Being annoying about each option under the cut

1- Ryunosuke has no other pictures of his bestie's face except for the one of his 'corpse' and that is Fucked Up, which is why I love it. this hc is based on the fact that during my playthrough I looked at the picture so many times bc I missed him immediately. Anyway 1-2 was the worst day of his life and the moment where he was given the photo for the first time really stuck with me.

2- They get to switch off being each other's judicial assistants and they both get to be different flavors of transmasc, I think it would be fun for them. Would they have to attend classes at Yumei to even be considered lawyers? who knows the point is they do it together and are like those cats that bond together and get sad when they get separated.

3- If they are in the same room together that sword is being switched back and forth several times, 'I think it matches your outfit today' or 'I'm on my period I shouldn't be in possession of a deadly weapon' or 'you said in the custody agreement that I get it on weekends' etc etc etc... Though it tends to go with Ryunosuke when they are separated for long periods of time. That sword is symbolic of so much gay shit in these games what's a little more.

4- my guy talks about 'the look' in Ryunosukes eyes so much during the last case, what are you looking into his eyes for? Heterosexual reasons? sure... (also 'fancy meeting you here' that is a pick-up line, you're in a prison, not a bar) Anyway his feelings towards Ryunosuke are complicated and he's so mad that at least one of the feelings in the emotional cocktail is something like attraction)

5- There's that disaster lesbian thing going on but also the situation was pretty stressful but one day she will wake up and it will hit her that her friend was still very interested in her even after she knew it was her in the disguise.

6- Sholmes keeps trying to refer to himself as 'the root of all evil' and how he's 'drawn to the darkness', he's trying so hard to be edgy but he's a six-foot-tall lanky blond man who is dramatic in the silly way and drapes himself over Ryunosuke at every opportunity. Either he's trying to build some kind of reputation or he wants to appeal to the local goth milf populace (Sithe and Tusspells) or even the reaper himself (there's some messy ex energy going on over there...)

7- I need Phoenix to inherit Karuma, he knows a bit about it but he doesn't make a big deal about it. He does have a few prosecutor friends who know the blade and are so annoyed that he's not super proud to own it. Also it's funny to me if the only family that Phoenix knows are a couple of victorian lawyers that haunt him. I think they should watch over him and be a little horrified. Ryunosuke was excited when he was intending to be a performing arts student as a fellow drama kid but it doesn't surprise him that he chose to become a lawyer. It's in his blood.

8- You cannot tell me Ryunosuke didn't want to fling himself off of that boat every night he was stuck in the room he thought Kazuma was killed in. He just didn't want to ruin Susatos trip to England by leaving her alone and he goes into a depression when she leaves for Japan, going so far as to avoid looking at the photo the 221b fam took before she left because it made him sad, which gets put up every time by Sholmes who Gets It. Meaning that he went up to the Naruhodo consulting agency regularly to check up on him. I like to think Sholmes was genuinely worried during the months he spent banned from the courtroom and without his weirdgirl who he bonded with through his best friends 'death'.

9- Wagahai is a good kitty, she can tell who the most depressed person in the building is and follows them around, sometimes Ryunosuke has a nightmare and wakes up with a cat right up by his face.

10- Ryunosuke starts the Naruhodo family tradition of not talking about their personal lives to people they care about and making their own little patchwork family for themselves. Practically all we know about his past is that he's afraid of doctors and studied English from a young age. And then like three months after going to a new country and meeting new people he's just like 'neat this is my family now :)' there is something going on there I swear. I have many conflicting ideas about what it could be specifically though.

[nightcourtz]

00. Prologue

pairing: feysand x OC (at some point)

notes: i'm not sure what this is, only that it's something that's been plaguing my thoughts for a while now. bear with me while i get this show on the road...

warnings: mentions of murder, death of a loved one (not detailed), violence

The Void’s footsteps were silent as she made her way through the frigid marble dungeons. At this hour, only she and the mice were awake.

     Their nimble feet scurried along the chilled floor, little teeth nibbling at her boot-clad toes; their bites were like prickly kisses, but she welcomed them, embraced their affection as the dull ache of their teeth sank in with each step she took. She let herself succumb to the familiarity of pain, let herself relish in it the deeper and deeper into the cold she went.

    Her pace was unhurried as she passed the plethora of once-occupied cells reeking of blood and bitter waste. Phantom screams echoed in her ears as she continued down, down, down, but she paid them no mind.

     Each one of the victims, the ones that she had handpicked and captured one by one, was gone now, all of them dead by her hand; and they deserved it, deserved every second, every ounce of the pain she’d subjected them to.

     There was only one more to inflict her wrath upon.

     Atticus Voss.

     The scattered torches lining the walkway flickered as she reached his cell at last.

     He lay there, heavy iron shackles clamped around his too-thin wrists, his bloodied and bruised body limp where he lay in front of his tray of barely touched food. From where she stood, however, she could see that the male was still breathing. His breaths were slow, but still. He was alive.

     She smiled. That was all that mattered, anyway.

     The Void surveyed her victim for a few seconds more as she unlocked the bars of the cell and neared closer.

     “Having fun down here, Atticus?” she baited, her lilting voice penetrating the silent space before her. When he didn’t answer, she nudged his body slightly with her boot, ignoring his pained grunt as she took in the state of his injuries. “If I’m being quite honest, I thought you’d be done for at this point. Our last session was quite… efficient.”

     “Fuck you,” Atticus rasped, and he didn’t waste a single second before spitting at her feet.

     The Void clicked her tongue in distaste. “That’s disgusting, and not very nice. What happened to that Autumn Court charm I’ve heard so much about?” 

     “Oh, just you wait,” he snarled. “Once my High Lord hears about this, he’ll show you real charm. Right after he severs the head from your body.”

     She crouched before him, meeting his eyes through the obscuring mask she wore. “You know,” she whispered, voice low and sinister between the two of them, “your friends said the exact same thing before I killed them all. They all thought Beron was coming to save them, to avenge them. Well… they’re nothing but bones now. And. He’s. Still. Not. Here.”

     Atticus thrashed against his shackles and flared his nostrils, eyes glinting with unbridled rage in the light. “You’re lying.”

     The Void chuckled humorlessly. “I have no need to lie.”

     She reached up, grasping the edges of her mask and setting it on the cold, dank ground beneath her. She then stretched out two hands, her touch gentle on each side of Atticus’s temples.

     Bringing her face down, her dark and empty eyes met his. Her grip had tightened around his head, and his brow furrowed at the stabbing pressure. Long and sharp fingernails dug into the tender flesh until he hissed sharply and tried to yank his head away.

     The Void held firm. 

     She did not break eye contact, nor did she flinch away as his eyes raked over her features in alarm, as his eyes flickered to the mask laying a few feet away and back to her face, a certain familiarity shifting in his gaze at last.

     “You’re…” he whispered, voice trembling slightly, “you’re his daughter, aren’t you? Symeon Bloodsmith’s daughter. You have his eyes.”

     The Void bared her teeth in a menacing smile, her eyes crinkling at the corners in wicked delight, and nodded slowly. Kept nodding as she murmured, “Yes, I was. But you killed him, and now you must die.”

     And before Atticus could respond, before he could start begging for the Mother’s mercy, The Void tightened her grip on his head and splattered it against the cell wall.

     She sat there for a moment afterward, watching as his blood and brains trickled like a stream down the gray stone. Watching as a puddle of dark red pooled around his battered and twitching body.

     She pulled out a soft cloth from her pocket and dabbed at her bloodstained face with mute resignation, grabbing her mask when she deemed herself clean enough.

     Turning on her heel, she made her way back to the entrance. Up, up, up, she went, leaving the rest of his body for the mice to eat.

[zarkishere]

I remembered so uh have Ruben rant

TW// Gore, sadism

One of my favorite things when making an OC is thinking 'what do they eat?'. I don't know why, I just find it really entertaining! For example, Colin (my SM OC) is a vegan (which is funny to me, since he's around cannibals all the time), Winger eats mostly meat (small mice and whatnot, since he's a bird of prey), and Ruben...well, he's particular for an interesting reason!

You see, Ruben has ageusia...what's that? well, it means that he can't taste things. No sweet, sour, salty, bitter or whatever else. (which means his sense of smell is also fucked up)

He was born that way--no one else in his family has that, he didn't get an infection or anything, he was just born that way. Because of this, his preference in food comes from the texture of the meal, rather than the taste since he...yknow...can't taste things.

The thing is that in his whole life, Ruben NEVER found out that people Actually Taste Things. He thought when people said 'this food tastes good' they meant the texture, and that it was just some odd language thing where when you're talking about food you don't say texture, you say taste! (he's a little stupid, bear with him)

BECAUSE he relies on the feeling rather than taste or smell, he really likes trying new foods! No 'taste' in the way in case of putrid food, just pure texture. After he saw his mom get killed and ended up alone, even in the short while he was in solitude, it took a toll on him. Ruben is a social creature, so...being alone is the worst kind of torture for him.

At first, hunting was a bit disgusting, and he wasn't particularly good at it at first, so it was even worse. It made him feel guilty. Poor beast, innocent of any blame, getting killed and cooked (poorly) for a sinners' survival. But he slowly started finding it more and more interesting, biting and scratching as if he was a monster himself when the prey dared to fight back. Putting his hands in their guts, feeling the dying warmth of the carcass...not in a sexual way, please don't be weird.

Of course, this moved on to humans too. The feel of the knife at a mans throat, the sound of the blood starting to bubble at their throat, the panic in their eyes... Ruben REALLY enjoys killing with knives. It feels more personal.

His honor is pretty neutral, I suppose. He's not a good person, not a horrible one (although you might think so because of what I just said LOL), BUT, in the main AU his honor is mid-high....why? because of Javier. They talked about morals, helping people, friends and family, revolution! and it really helped Ruben become a better person. He's a follower, tell him something, and he'll stick with it. With Javier, Ruben turns his sadness into creativity; embroidery, sewing, baking, hunting. He's loyal, kind, still a bit sadistic, but he follows Charles and Javier, and they say that's wrong, so he keeps himself in line.

But...in alternate AU's where he doesn't start dating Javier... Ruben sticks with the Callander brothers. And in those AU's he turns out MUCH WORSE. With the callanders that sadness becomes rage. rage at everyone, at the government for taking what he loved, at the people around him for not understanding him, at himself for becoming this THING... He becomes a true sadist (not that he wasn't before, it's just that he lets himself indulge in it). His appearance is different too, much more scarred and a lot angrier.

He kills for fun, hunts people down for sport, just to see how long they can run. He becomes an issue for the van der Linde gang, and after the Callanders die, he just...leaves...

It's not that they don't talk about all that stuff, it's just that for Mac and Davey (who have been alone most of their life, always fighting for survival) life is just dog vs dog. It doesn't matter who you're killing, it's not personal, it's just to survive...and Ruben only hears the 'it doesn't matter who you're killing' part LOL

wahh wahh I'm not proofreading sorry I've been trying to write this since like 10am (it's now 1.30pm) but I kept getting distracted waa waa

[mr-leach]

I hate the predatory and exploitative nature of rainbow merchandise from large companies but I really just could not resist the tranny mouse toys they had at petsmart like are you fucking kidding me?? My cat doesn't know I'm trans. He doesn't know that these toy mice are trans. But my god I needed my idiot boy son to have these trans mice to bat around and attack with his mouth. He loves them by the way and is having so much fun.

[basiliskonline]

I just finished a Court of Fey and Flowers by @dimension20official, it was absolutely amazing, hands down the best AP I have ever seen, or imagine I might see.

You can find it here.

As someone that is strongly anti-D&D 5E and Anti Wizards of the Coast, it took me a long time to give dimension 20 a chance, and I will strongly suggest that anyone in that same position give it a shot.

I am gonna talk about it below the cut here, cause this will likely be long, this will be things I both liked and didn't like.

So i'm gonna talk abit about my feelings and experience with games and APs, because we're all different, we all like different things in a TV Show and by extension those variable preferences would also expand to APs. So I want to give you a little bit of information about where I stand as I explain my thoughts. Sorry if this gets very SEO Recipe lmao.

If you don't care about all that, skip to the next bold line, however if you are gonna comment or argue or whatever, at least read the context first and then probably don't do that.

I've been gaming for 30+ years, I started very early, and i've played definately dozens, probably hundreds of different games. D&D doesnt even rank in that list, I didn't like it much as a kid, when i grew up and it was 3/3,5 I hated both it and pathfinder with a passion. I played 5E for a bit but its lackluster and very poor design led to a game of boring mechanical options and choices that quickly grew old. And if I was gonna play a narrative game, i wouldn't be playing D&D in the first place. 4E is the only edition of D&D I've actively enjoyed.

I was an immense Critter during Campaign 1 and partway through Campaign 2. Like... "my wife and I have Critical Role quotes engraved on our wedding bands" critters.

But I quickly fell away from both Critters and Critical Role, by and large Critters is the worst fandom ive been apart of (and I was a SuperWhoLock back in the day) and the CR cast talks a lot of nice ideals and backs them up with absolutely nothing but lip service. I am now, tbh, somewhat uncomfortable when I see any of them on my timeline.

Dimension 20 is the first AP my wife and I have tried to watch since CR (we find most APs to be unwatchtable in most situations, just our own preference), My wife was curious about seeing Brendan as a DM after watching him on Game Changer, so we watched Mice and Murder (it was fun, and good, but has NOTHING on aCoFaF), and then on a suggestion moved to watch aCoFaF).

Last piece of the puzzle, WotC is a fucking nightmare company that has harbored some of the worst pieces of trash imaginable (though tbf that is not unique to them, its a major "large/old ttrpg company issue". And I quite frankly would love to never have to hear or see about anything wotc ever does ever again, preferably because they burned down and everything they ever made goes with them (this sadly means I would lose 4E but sacrifices must be made).

Things I like about a Court of Fey and Flowers

The first thing I love about it, is its a very role play heavy AP, and it centers on matters of Political fey intrigue, and that is done so masterfully by every single player and by the GM. (I absolutely avoided D20 because of the DnD/WOTC connection, but I in retrospect absolutely understand the whole "Season of Aabria" that was going around now).

The characters were thrilling, dramatic, sneaky, nuanced and hilarious, and the storyline was gorgeous and beautifully made, allowing the players to make their own messes and their own relationships and romances. So much romances.

I absolutely loved that I didn't have to see dnd 5e be played most of the time. This is something, and one of the only somethings, you'll see me talk about in the "don't like" section, so it is strangely enough both. The system was changed and mostly ignored that I almost never had to see dnd played, the AP is so heavily social and rp and during the state of the AP only had two very very short combats that were more priority on the social implications of the combats than the combat itself. Overall it could have used any system and done what they did, but mostly I didn't have to see 5E played and that made it pretty solid, despite "being 5E".

I also love Brennan Lee Mulligan's Captain KP Hob, a very good bab and the first and only Bugbear PC ive seen in an AP (and I love me some Bugbear)

Thing's I didn't like about a Court of Fey and Flowers

This is gonna stay light, because really there wasn't much. The only thing really is that the system, while ostensibly "5E" the system was so lightly applied, used or stuck to that the game could have used almost literally any other system to better affect and I absolutely hate that they still gave 5E and WOTC some sort of props/bandwidth by barely using the system but still selling it as DnD.

[ixcaliber]

top ten games of the year 2024.

it's a yearly tradition though i don't have the mental capacity to write a whole thing about each entry this year. especially since i had to double up and do two lists to cover everything i loved playing this year.

so anyway click through for a quite abbreviated summary of the games i really loved this year.

Top Ten Games I Played In 2024 But They Came Out In A Different Year (Not 2024)

10. Rollerdrome - really fun roller blading arena shooter that gave some fun Tony Hawk with guns kind of vibes.

9. Portal: The Lab - everyone says vr is a game changing experience but for me the only thing that has really felt noticably more immersive is being berated by life sized GLaDOS.

8. The Tartarus Key - mysterious first person puzzle game, love the puzzles, the characters and the way the game draws you in to the deeper mysteries at play.

7. Can of Wormholes - does one of my favourite things about puzzle games where you solve puzzles on one scale only to realize that the same puzzles exist but on a much larger scale.

6. Bombrush Cyberfunk - As good as Jet Set Radio Future and in some aesthetic ways even better.

5. Mice Tea - in some ways i'm not furry enough for this game but in other ways i am subby enough to enjoy elements.

4. Cavern of Dreams - the perfect n64 collectathon platformer.

3. Alan Wake II - While I think that Control is a more fun video game to play Alan Wake II is doing some incredible things with its narrative.

2. Slay The Princess - torn between trying to evoke some of the actual feelings i have about this game and the narrative it gradually tells and just saying 'good god The Tower can do whatever she wants to me any time.'

1. Solar Ash - maybe the most moment to moment fun game I played this year, and fucking beautiful.

Top Ten Games I Played That Released This Year (2024)

10. Balatro - Extremely fun but also sort of a curse I've inflicted not just on myself but Malky as well.

9. Mouthwashing - The discomfort of playing this game is unparalleled.

8. Flock - One of the most pleasant experiences I had this year. Flying around this beautiful world adding cute little sky creatures to your flock is just a thoroughly nice time.

7. The Plucky Squire - This was the game I was maybe the most excited for based on its premise alone - go from 2d zeldaesque exploration to 3d platforming as you step in and out of the storybook the main character is from. It's a great concept the problem is (was) the pacing, constantly stopping and starting to hear some narration that gives away the answer to the puzzle you're about to solve or whatever.

Fortunately they recently added Streamlined Mode which perfectly solved the problem without hurting the comprehension of the story or diminishing the tone, and really allows the fun of the game and the strength of the mechanics to shine.

6. Still Wakes The Deep - An absolute masterclass in modern horror.

5. Another Crab's Treasure - I hate it in video games when I beat the boss and oops nope you didn't they had a second health bar. Another Crab's Treasure has a boss encounter where this happens and I cheered out loud. I think that counts for something.

4. Rise of the Golden Idol - Everything that made the previous game (Case of the Golden Idol) so good but with stronger connective tissue between the individual cases. The overall plot becomes a secondary puzzle you need to solve in between every few cases, drawing connections between the often disparate and out of order scenes you've seen to demonstrate a greater understanding of what is going on. It's great. It doesn't feel quite as innovative as the first game only because it's really refining what it does and making something wonderful.

3. Crow Country - An absolute masterclass in classic horror.

2. Astrobot - Ignore what I said about Solar Ash this was the most moment to moment fun game I played this year. Every level is fun. Every power is fun to use. Whatever you might think about the decision to make classic playstation brands into collectibles, collecting the little guys and seeing what games were chosen to feature in this game was a delight. And thats to say nothing of the fun little free updates that have been since added to this game (finally adding Croc and Gex in the most recent).

1. Ultros - is a delightful little puzzlebox of a metroidvania. Its a game with deep and interlocked systems, the extent of which does not make itself clear for quite some time, but gradually it gives you a perfect set of tools to manipulate these systems and do exactly whatever you please. It isn't what I was expecting what I went into the game and it might not be for everybody but the things it does it does spectacularly well.

[thewarnerbrothers]

Hello I’ve got two questions

1)Do you believe disney and wb are ever going to bring back max goof/the warners one day? Animaniacs got its reboot but I miss them already and max has so much potential

2)I know you’re a fan of max and yakko but do you also ship max with bradley or is yax your main favorite?

aww, this is the first ask i've gotten in a while!

more under the cut!

animaniacs first: i think it'll be a whiiile before we see another animaniacs reboot, even with the pace film/tv is pumping out remakes. for a hot minute i thought there were plans for another patb spinoff (which honestly i wouldve fucking loved). alas, we only really got those masterclass shorts. fun, but i was hoping it would be followed by more gay lab mice!!!

WB seems to fucking hate their own cartoons at the moment so i'm not really hopeful we'll get much more animaniacs any time soon 💀 not even spinoffs

i'd love to see even a direct to video movie featuring the kidses though!!! i want another silly adventure a la wakko's wish

if they ever do i'm promptly shitting my pants

as for disney... lately max goof/the goofy movies (especially the sequel) have been enjoying a huge fandom boom! 🥹 it makes me SO fucking happy seeing people draw max in droves again

apparently at least a couple of formal goof troop reboot pitches had been made in the past few years alone, from what i've gathered on social media! AFAIK none have been greenlit. maybe one day max will get his shot at the spotlight again. if that happens, i think we're gonna see a MUCH different incarnation of max.

he was originally a very stereotypical rambunctious 90s kid/edgy angsty teen (as edgy as disney toons ever got anyway). unless they set the reboot/remake in modern times, it might feel a bit dated and played out. i don't think the 90s nostalgia market is strong enough to convince disney to bring back max atp

tbh its lowkey funny. they always seems to forget/bury max outside of goof troop and SOME movies

its lame that bc outside of little cameos, sparse social media posts, occasional merch, and park appearances, max goof doesn't exist. he's goofy's fucking son, hello? one of the most popular toons to ever exist? POWERLINE has more merch than max at this point.

(tbf he's iconic but anyway)

my own personal conspiracy theory was that the slight increase in attention to max on disney's part (that powerline boardgame, some merch, and the documentary on goofy movie that's supposedly coming out) is testing the waters for audience reception. if there's enough, maybe they'll finally consider it

until then i am doubtful we'll see goof troop rebooted or another film featuring max.

as for max/bradley, i honestly don't care about it too much. i wouldn't go so far as to say i hate the ship. it just doesn't interest me by default? popular fanon doesn't align well with my tastes. i like enemies/rivals to lovers, but i struggle with taking him seriously as a romantic counterpart in fic/fanart lol. the only versions of the ship i am drawn to are where bradley and max are at each others throats, or through the lens of comedy.

i suppose in meme terms i only like maxley if it's toxic yaoi lol

honestly i don't care so much about how people are shipping max as i do the fact that he's getting any attention (art and fic) at all. i'm a multishipper at heart anyway, so i'm having fun all the same!

[dorizardthewizard]

Galactik Football season 3 rewatch, eps 19 - 21

Episode 19:

Hush Sharky: I should've picked Mark, nothing exciting will ever happen following Thran!

Is that meta

Well this romance between Mark and Nina-8 is progressing quickly huh

Nina-8 says it's hard for her to trust others hmmmm

And there we have it, an explanation for Ahito's sleepiness ��� he stores the Breath within himself, which can wear him out. Pretty cool, although it does bring up some questions. Does his dad do that too, since he has the same problem? How did that excess get released before he started playing Galactik Football? Why is he just doing better now I don't think we ever actually covered that in season 2

OK imagine you're chilling having a normal conversation and your friend just does a backflip out of nowhere. I would definitely be reacting like D'jok hahah

Thran: I'm coming with you Clamp! Clamp: No, it's too dangerous!

Thran: But the writers said it's MY turn to have a fun adventure with the pirates!

Thran really said, if the writers aren't gonna give me any interesting sideplots, I'll do it myself! RESPECT.

Artegor (completely deadpan): I am excited. It doesn't show?

HE'S JUST LIKE ME FR FR

Ahito covering for Thran is so cute, of course Thran would let his brother know

Why ARE the Paradisia girls referred to by their numbers?

Huh, this data link thing that the Paradisia players do is pretty cool

This hack for the space port entry code is pretty dumb but it's fine I'll just insert some star trek technobabble here in my mind. Aaaaand done, GO THRAN! And yaaaay Thran the Pirates fan gets approval from the man himself

A rare corner kick!

I don't know anything about football but this goalkeeper goal seems kind of bullshit to me. Like was that necessary?

NOOOOO WARREN :( Barry calling it an end of an era, I guess it's not just the Snow Kids who get that press treatment after losing a match. But the Lightnings haven't been to the finals in three seasons and Warren is probably getting older :(

Team Paradisia slayed though

Awww poor Nina-8 :( Hmm what plan is Nikki-4 talking about, I don't remember much after the Paradisia tournament. I do like the conflict between the two, they may be twins but Nina-8 has a much softer personality than Nikki-4. And with her not being on the team until D'jok left, I wonder if she was already trying to distance herself from them a bit and try to live her own life. Which is pretty symbolic for an identical twin.

Well Mark's love drama has more potential than the love triangles they were doing until now, if only they'd given it more screentime and development

Hush Sharky is kind of underreacting for a journalist who just found out a galaxy-class footballer and his coach are in cahoots with the leader of the pirates

Again, the budget of this show might be low, but they actually have quite a lot of locations and the background art is always really good.

Sonny taking his mask off on Paradisia because he saw some plants sfjkdfssf that was unnecessary, he's so extra! And they're lucky the weather conditions are still perfectly fine for humans.

Episode 20:

I guess Mice Delight is delicious to robots only haha

D'jok Mei and Micro-Ice being besties ahhhh I love it

Mice is playing a delicate game? Since he lied to Zo-leen so he could hide he's going to meet Yuki, what are they implying there?

Oooo 3-2 to the Xenons! The Rykers really gave them a run for their money!

STEVENS INTERVIEW! STEVENS IS GONNA TALK EVERYONE SHUT UP!!

OH THEY FUCKED UP HIS DUB VOICE. NEVER MIND.

But seriously Callie should get a raise for finding them LOL, nice little animation touch of him looking around the whole time he's talking to her. Sir you would be harder to spot if you weren't wearing your football kit. It's ok, yeah I know the animators don't have the budget. Hang in there, buddy

Stevens top scorer in the cup!! It might seem strange with him not having a flux, but it seems reasonable to me considering the Pirate's style of play. They always score at least one goal in their games, and he's pretty much always the one who does it. For other teams, the goal scoring is a bit more shared between different players. Plus it's still early in the cup.

KING. I LOVE THIS INTERACTION. Stevens keeping it real even before the Technoids showed up, I'll say we've had some good Pirates moments this season

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm are they suggesting Micro-Ice is two-timing between Zo-Leen and Yuki? Uuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh.................

And since when was Zo-Leen all over Micro-Ice again anyway? She seemed just friendly during the Paradisia tournament

Why is this friendship between Harvey and Lord Phoenix actually kind of cute?

Awwww the Snow Kids are the best Yuki fanclub

These seats at Genesis stadium aren't actually seats, it's more like an amphitheater and they're not very comfortable. No back rest!

I love Stevens's goals, obviously he can't just use the flux to smash it so his style is more technical

ASHDFJSDF in this season you can hear the Pirates celebrating (and also grunting while running?) and it's so silly, they just gave them stereotypical gruff pirate voices

Games between other teams are funny because there will be like. Exactly one new animation in the whole game. Literally everything else is stock footage

This soundtrack slaps by the way

The Pirates goalkeeper's signature head shake lol

Sorry guys I love Yuki I really do but you know who I'm rooting for

The Elektra's flux confuses me, it looks solid enough for them to ride on it?

This season is really just dunking on Barry whenever they can huh, Artegor's laugh and trying to pass it off as nerves SDJFKDFS I LOVE HIM THANK YOU VOICE ACTOR FOR NOT LEAVING

Oooo that water skating trick does look really cool! I like that since season 1, we've seen more creative fluxes

Well as much as I love the Pirates I'm happy for the Elektras, and Yuki! She's come so far from her nervous self in season 2 and I'm so proud of her

TIA SECOND TOP SCORER YESSS!!! I would go back to check if the number of goals is actually correct but I cba

If I had a nickel for every time a romantic breakup has happened this season at the taxi stop with one of the parties telling the other to forget about them, I would have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

AND NOW MICE IS HAPPY JUST BECAUSE ZO-LEEN KISSED HIM?? YUKI ALREADY KISSED YOU IN SEASON 2! YOU JUST FORGOT ABOUT HER NOW? YOU DIDN'T EVEN CARE FOR ZO-LEEN This love plot with Mice is so stupid I can't even be bothered to comment on it anymore.

Episode 21:

D'jok seems to be perfectly back to normal and on friendly terms with the others as if nothing happened. Compare to season 2 where Rocket's Netherball stint had consequences and his return was not so smooth!

Ahito you couldn't think of a better excuse for Thran leaving? 😂 I do feel like we could have had a better reason in the story for Thran ending up with the Pirates, it IS a bit weird that he says he has to go on a mission with them but he doesn't actually have a reason to, and this is before the SEMI-FINAL. That's a bit too important to be sneaking off because... you just want to?

I need this screenshot in good quality

I love that Bennett being the hacker guy is a thing that's consistent throughout the season

Lord Phoenix somehow grabbed literally all of them at once sijfsdkdk except Harvey. Fuck robot rights I guess

Warren coaching time! I love how he's always willing to lend a helping hand for these things, whether it's giving D'jok a talk about what's important in season 1, trying to get Rocket out of Netherball in season 2 or helping with training here. What a guy, truly Mr. Galactik Football

Huh, that's an interesting little way to use the Lightning's flux. It's like static electricity keeping them together

sfdkjdsf I would do this too. Actually I do do this to my short friends. I'm also short but they're shorter so I gotta take my wins when I can

Micro-Ice and Tia duo! I love them I wish we saw more of them as a fun pair, they would get up to such hijinks together. Sibling vibes!

Emo Mark hours

Well, you tried Mice. Maybe try to get him to open up about his problem instead of just trying to cheer him up?

Clamp: No, that's not it, it's- Sonny: What is it, Clamp? Say something!

Clamp: BITCH I WAS ABOUT TO BEFORE YOU INTERRUPTED ME

Nice one Brim Simbra, I like that we got to see him actually doing something lol

This dilemma about Adim and Aarch's relationship due to her being league president was never mentioned before, why did they never consider this? Should've built that up earlier instead of that random Artegor plot

Lord Phoenix: Paradisia was such a beautiful planet

Idk man it doesn't look THAT bad right now, the UK looks like that every day

I can't show the video because I used my 1 video per post limit for Stevens talking but there's this super fucking weird segment where Nork says the Elektras-Paradisia match will be the first all female semi-final ever, and Barry dreamily says this is a "fantasy" GFC? And Nork is like "you said it! Team Paradisia...." in this dreamy way again and Callie has to cough and change the subject? Hey what the fuck was that???? This season tried to be more blatant with the girl power messaging but then puts in moments like this?????

YAAAAAAY XENONS TIME

Wait Thran is in this teamup shot? Did he already get back?

Oh I really love this interaction between D'jok and Luur before kickoff – no intimidation dance from the Xenons, just a meaningful handshake between a guy who almost plummeted to his death last season, and the player that saved him. Idk if the writers were intentional with this but if so, it's a really nice example of subtle writing and events of the previous season carrying over.

Wait yeah the Pirates aren't back yet! In which case, Aarch is pretty chill for a coach who is missing a player for A SEMI-FINAL MATCH. Eh I guess at this point he's just given up with these kids

Oh damn Brim Simbra actually died, I like that they went through with that so the explosion on Paradisia had consequences. Could have also opened up some interesting avenues with the new flux society leader in season 4 – maybe he'd want to do things differently?

But it's also kind of hilarious that Brim Simbra's very last action as flux society leader... was to delegate the galaxy saving to Sonny Blackbones yet again LOL

[nandysparadox]

Yeah, so what Ao3?!??!! Let me spam the dam button like they deserve!!!

The fanficcccccc she graduated and fuck it was BEAUTIFUL!!! Oh the imagery is still on point , the fairy is so effortlessly eerie, the way their golden hair caged him, that line, gave me shivers.

Crying screaming squeezing them

I love them I love them I love them so much, I hope Remus doesn’t eat Jaq, oh

I want them to do the air dance and Roman showing his trinkets just like at the ball but again under a more truthful light, I want Roman to sit and watch with sparkles in his eyes as Patton can finally tell him the proper stories that go along with each little thing, how his father got it for him, how his mother used to wear them and whenever he gets teary eyes Roman is right there with him to apologize for his own kind and their cruelty for ripping him away from his family, holding him close and crying just as much from pure aching empathy.

I want them to have their little consort wedding with Jaq in the littlest of bow ties, they are the most proper of best mice (instead of a best man) and I want Janus to just appear to give him away and Patton is so glad to see him while Roman is vastly confused (idk maybe they have like backstory, Janus might have a ✨reputation✨) but Patton is just so happy, telling him what happened, that the mean lady is gone and he fell in love and thanking his fairy snake father profusely for all he’s done and Janus shushes him and insists it was his pleasure, and then the wedding happens and it’s perfect and I don’t know maaaaayyyybbbeeee Janus ends up standing next to a particular bird man and they get into friendly talking and eventually a fairy chess match, which they bet little shiny trinkets on

Is Remus the thorn prince to Roman’s rose? I think he should be

I want to see more of him and Virgil as well, what happened with that? Oh I want to see Patton meeting the rest of the family, I want to see Roman finally being allowed into the human world and I want him to be there as Patton hopefully gets to see his father for the first time in so long and I want Roman to meet the same poet he met so so many years ago and I want that poet to write a poem just for him, the rose prince, once he hears the kind fairy found love and I want Roman to read it as he falls asleep and I also want bards across the human countries to sing their tales for years to come-

LET ME SEND MORE KUDOS DAMN IT

❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙

This fic was incredible, I loved every little bit of it, I swear you have so much talent it makes me go feral, my absolute favorite part was when Roman and Patton were in the woods and Patton was showing him what all the human trinkets did, I keep picturing Roman trying to touch the fire because he’s just silly like that <3

Thank you, so much 💚✨

oh my goodness! thank you so, so much for this wonderful ask 🥺🥺 i'm SO happy you enjoyed the ending, and the story overall! your comments and asks brightened up my day. I cannot overstated how grateful I am for that. i'll break this down into points so i can answer everything you said because aaaa ❤️🥺

very glad The Faerie's eerie vibe came across right. despite the … everything about her, and that she's despicable, I must admit I enjoyed writing her a lot. I guess evil can be fun (for me. not poor patton 😭) and I like that line too :)

your honour, I love them!! and I can promise that remus will not be eating jaq under patton's watch 😆 that's his little buddy

also, after moving to the palace patton makes a cozy little home for jaq <3

I promise the sweet moments and the hurt/comfort will be coming in the future!! patton will have a lot of things to grapple with, but roman will be there to support him in his journey of healing

ok i’m stealing the best mice idea that’s genius dgfghdsfgd they deserve a little bow tie 100% and I can say that I have plans in regards to the crowning ceremony! and they do include janus!

and without veering too close to spoilers, you got something right – janus does have a reputation in the palace, though roman is not particularly privy to it

logan and janus playing fairy chess, that’s a wonderful idea :)

I haven’t yet figured out what remus’ title was prior to being crowned – however, his nature connection is summer rain showers! it’s why roman at some point mentions that his hair always looks a little wet. his main title currently is duke of shadows, since his consort is virgil

we will see more of virgil yes!! :D unfortunately he couldn’t appear more in the main story, but we will see more of him. and patton will have a Time meeting all of roman’s siblings 😆 it will take a little bit of time until patton feels comfortable returning to the human world, but when they do I promise roman will have the time of his life lol! and about the other thing, I can say I have Plans

thank YOU so much!! you are too sweet I swear 😭 I’m receiving all the extra kudos in my heart <3 and I love that scene too, roman is silly and they are adorable ^.^

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

!!!!00:00!!!! 🥳🎈🎁🎂🎉

my most precious little mouse! it's midnight where i am and that means it's OUR MOST BELOVED CEO OF MICE'S BIRTHDAY!!!! another year around the sun. happy birthday to you!!!! i'm so proud of you. spending the last near year getting to know you and watch you grow into your interests has been such a delight. i love you so so so so so so so so so much. i can hardly contain it! i've been so lucky to find you n spend time with you. you've introduced me to life changing works 🙂‍↕️ i'm convinced you're part sun!!! the way you make everywhere you go shine. one thing i miss so much about being here is seeing ari rambles. anywho, i'm oh so proud of the person you are! who you've been! who you're becoming!!!!! your twenties will be a happy mess of moments n i so hope you enjoy/find endless value in them all!!!! please enjoy your day so fucking much!!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH CEO N CHAIRMICE 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡 WE ALL DO!!!!! a true poet!!! an inspiration n a delight. i can't properly put in words how much you mean to me 🫂 squeezing you tight!!! never ever ever letting you go.

WITH EVERY DROP OF MY LOVE!!!!

io 🤍

:((((((((((((((( IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I MISS YOU SO MUCH . this fully made me cry btw. i don’t even know what to say you just mean so much to me and i’m so lucky to have gotten to know you ;;;; i miss you every day . i feel like a widow . 😭😭 i don’t want you to come back to tumblr if it’ll impact your mental health in a bad way but i hope you know i’ll always be here waiting in case you come back, no matter what 🥹 you’re one of the people i’m closest to on this site and talking to you has always been so much fun …… you’re a literal angel and i’ll never stop being grateful that you let me into your space :’3

wah . i’m already getting so sappy ;;;;; but i really do mean it ….. i love you……. thank you so much for your bday wishes my actual angel there are tears in my eyes as i’m typing this :’))) i could NEVER explain how much you mean to me and how soothing your presence has been on days i’ve been feeling sad or lonely :((((((( if i’m part sun then you have to be part moon because just you being around makes me feel so at home . and so comfortable. i hope you always always remember how loved you are by me and so many others!!!!!! how insanely talented you are, how much you’ve inspired us (and me in particular)…… okay so i might be crying again that’s fine i’m fine

SORRY I KNOW I’M ACTING LIKE YOU’RE DEAD LMAO i just . miss you so bad :’)))))) pls smile a lot. and eat tasty food . and pet your dogs. pls know there is a mouse who is cheering you on for every second of the day. pls know you are loved by me!!!!

squeezing you SOOOOOO tightly until the end of time……. until the stars go out ………… my most belovedest io . mwah mwah mwah mwah mwah

^ every time i see this picture i think of you!!!!! i like the idea that even if i end up leaving tumblr years in the future i’ll stumble upon it and remember all our talks <33

[liliallowed]

I had a funny idea. love craft gods vs crimson.

like diving into love craft lore is so unbelievably funny to me. because like a lot of it's ideology is similar to how I as an artist and a nihilist view the world but...

it's not scary. in fact I'd say Cthulhu and the other gods are actually rather weak on the power scaling.

why? well it's because even despite all that power they're still one layer beneath this fictional barrier.

like crimson's nature is similar. they're like in between fiction and reality.

and I've been thinking about crimson talking to the space mice and space cat things as a "dreamer"...

yeah they'd probably be like a bacteria in an ecosystem that devours everything.

but sometimes we forget the food chain is a cycle.

and the bottom of the food chain can actually be interpreted as the top because eventually all things decay. what makes things decay? those small lil microbes and bacteria that the smallest creatures digest!

like how fucking cool is that?

so like crimson in the void? yeah they'd get killed but uhm...

they're still an anomaly. they're on equal scale with other elderich abominations. the concept of inevitability and cycles embodied in scarlet hue.

heck I'd say crimson can even be viewed as a higher ranking god because there not FROM LOVE CRAFTS "ordered universe" they're like a tourist older god lmao.

like why are we putting Lovecrafts work on such a pedestal?

shouldn't existential type characters also be able to interject?

no I'm not talking about overpowered god LEVEL characters because those are still... well bound to the laws of their own reality.

cuz that's basically what Cthulhu is to mortals of his world. a writer. a creator from a seperate plain.

think is love craft is technically the one who made Cthulhu so by that logic I don't think those gods are strong it just makes the mortals of that story really tiny.

and we as readers are a layer above that.

anyways getting side tracked.

like it's so funny for crimson that these pesky lil youngsters (referring to the gods) feel the need to flaunt their power when being mortal and being vulnerable and having death be tangible to them is so much more fun.

elder gods are WEAK. crimson thinks they're just a bunch a whiney babies.

of course other anamolies would ridicule crimson. why do they care about those insignificant insects so much? WHY DO THEY EVEN MASK AS ONE OF THEM?

*crimson pointing to Nyarlathotep* this dudette gets it. u guys suck.

anyways crimson is a contradiction.

be it any god or vague conceptualized being of infinite power...

crimson ain't afraid. they'll adapt their power scaling to match their opponent.

and if they'll only fight back if they're amused if not they can just eradicate ANY BEING from their domain.

just like how other gods can eradicate their puppets from their domain.

so like..

it's kinda like an online social media platform but for gods and anyone can block another god in their own home terf but can also be blocked.

hmmmm

gods are fun to think about.

specially when it's an unstoppable force vs immovable object.

I think about crimson being in starrail too like in ANY world that has gods in it.

depending on the domain's authority and how much power they're "allowed" to sneak into that world they can actually just fight and kill anything...

because well their domain is where they are.

the die and achieve victory splitting the reality in favor of two.

they personally pick the one they won and gift the other god the reality they lost in and both go on their merry ways.

like just instantly create a copy where they die to their opponent and they hold onto the the one they achieve victory.

I feel like in god vs god scenarios BOTH win and both lose at the same time.

cuz dimension shattering and space time manipulation is a thing.

so like... why fight? they'll just split the outcome with each other.

as for why I think they're weak... well they're just like... kinda predictable.

to be honest I don't think my mind would break if I saw them because I sorta kinda face similar things everyday

for other people it may seem normal but like idk I often have times I experience unreality. so if with that I can keep my shit together I'm pretty sure I'd be okay looking straight into the eyes of an ineffable being.

yea. can't comprehend it. and? what about it? it's just there what's supposed to be the reaction I'm just chilling.

[dragongirlcloaca]

More musings about Mice Tea!

As a whole, it has such a cozy environment, which is something that really helped me enjoy the game since I find my headspace is influenced a lot by the setting of the media I'm perceiving, and the tea theme also adds to the coziness for me since tea is one of my favourite comfort drinks. The characters are all genuinely fun and likeable in their own unique ways, which gives the different paths a nice sense of variety while still keeping the same overarching sense of setting, especially since some of the character paths still feature a lot of nice development for the other characters outside of the primary focus. And because the characters are so well-developed and likeable, the sad moments in the story all manage to retain a genuine emotional weight to them while simultaneously serving to amplify the happy moments. I have a lot of deep-set issues regarding emotional expression, so I'm a massive slut for things that can actually make me feel sad.

In all, I'm so glad I came across this gem of a game! I can't recommend it enough if you haven't experienced it! ^v^

More spoilery thoughts under the cut:

I've talked about it before, but the Gavin route has probably one of my favourite character dynamics I've read as of recent. Everything about it strikes a different happy chord with me! The brushing scene, Margaret being the one in charge, the conflict and resolution when Margaret thinks Gavin is just using her to fulfill his sexual fantasy, the ending where she decides to stay small, it's all just such a great mix of wonderful themes and kink stuff.

I think the Sylvia route was my favourite route overall for a lot of reasons. For starters, I think I actually squeaked out loud when Sylvia revealed that she was trans. Don't get me wrong, Felicia is a cute and fun character, but I also love seeing transfem characters who have had time to really experience transfem life past the stage of a newly-cracked egg. Plus of course, bonus for tgirl penis! It also has the only anal in the game, which is a shame, but at least it's DP. Sex aside, the story is really cute and wholesome, and I really loved seeing Margaret and Sylvia helping each other become better people.

I don't have as much to say about the Julie route as I do the others, but holy shit is the exhibitionism fucking hot. The exhibitionism sex scenes with Julie are definitely a contender for the best sex scenes in the game in my book.

I really liked Felicia's route as well! I think it had my favourite long ending out of the four routes, and Margaret and Felicia are really cute together. I found the part where Felicia helps Margaret with her body images issues really cute, and it's fun in general seeing Felicia go through gender stuff in such a caring environment.

[bugsbenefit]

Hello, how are you doing?🌷💓🌞

omgggg lenora you're backkkk hiiiii 🥰🥰💞💗 i missed seeing you on the dash the past weeks so much 💕💕💕🫂

i'm doing good right now actually! (putting a read more here in hindsight because of the ramble lmaoooo)

i'm doing a course to start taking driving classes. which... happens to be in the evening so that does kind of suck actually. but yk exciting to finally get it out of the way! and i'm also almost done with it by now, there's only this week (including the weekend uhm) and part of next week left and then i'll have a normal schedule again akdfhad

(i usually have an atrocious sleep schedule but somehow being out until almost 10 and having to eat dinner then is fucking it up even more. good to know a bad sleep schedule can always be worse if you try hard enough🙏, maybe that'll finally motivate me to improve it when i'm done with the course crying)

and i'm also crossing some things off the list of chores no one in the family has done in ages since i've accepted they're not happening otherwise. like taking my grandma's cat who didn't see a vet in almost 10 years to one last week and she shockingly didn't try to kill me!! (surprising because she's genuinely insane. there's baby photos of her trying to bite people's arteries open. i love her and she has issues. she's cute too, no matter how many of my relatives think she's butt ugly, it adds to her charm. she does look weird tho i admit that. also really fat, big girl, i had to buy a whole new carrier to even fit her into it 😭) big fat cat who hunts mice for fun, looks weird as hell, loves biting people and is also the most touch starved cuddly cat i know, she contains multitudes

she's fine but i'll have to take her again in a few weeks, i'm convinced she'll return to her killer roots now that she remembers what a transport carrier looks like. but i'll just be optimistic about it until her teeth are in my arm 👍

byproduct of that is also that i'm trying to exposure therapy my way through my crippling fear of making phone calls to officials and doctors and so on. thanks insane cat of my grandma 💗 it's a process but it's definitely getting easier

also side effect from all that is that i haven't really been on tumblr much the past 2 weeks either (i mean i say that, i am actually still on here but i usually just scroll and don't have time to reblog/post when i'm on the go. tumblrina is a chronic condition for me i fear)

but there's also not been that much production news for ST or anything i could have missed out on so good timing :D

this is kind of a ramble of what i've been up to adfkjadfj how are You?💞 it's so nice to have you back on the dashhhh

[metalandmagi]

Can someone please explain to me why everyone seems to hate this movie (apart from the fact that it's an Amazon original)? Because I've watched it twice now, and I think it's tons of fun. I'm not really a Camilla Cabello fan, but I'll watch this movie a hundred times over the live action Disney one from 2015 that everyone else seems to like for some reason.

It's got humor and camp that feels like it came out of the early 2000s (in a fun way).

Cinderella knows it's ridiculous that she talks to the mice. This movie knows what it is, and I bet everyone had fun making it.

"They made Cinderella into a girl boss!" Shut the fuck up. I'm putting the phrase "girl boss" on the high shelf. Giving Cinderella hobbies and a dream/goal for her future doesn't make her a "girl boss." It makes her more of a real person with an actual personality. She's not just "nice" or "kind" or "sweet." She wants to sell clothes and not be abused by her family. That's all.

Speaking of personalities, I love that the characters actually have personalities that subvert the original story. Even the step sisters! I love that the step mother wants Cinderella to marry the prince when she finds out it was her at the ball, because duh! Why wouldn't she want to have her whole family live in luxury? And I love that the step mother has a backstory that makes us understand more about why she is the way she is without necessarily forgiving her. There's a lot more humanity to her under the bitchiness.

I'm just gonna say it, I like this actor more as Robert than as Henry in the Red White And Royal Blue movie.

I like that Cinderella and Robert actually have fun and meaningful conversations instead of just "they dance at a ball and then get married." This has them act more like a regular couple, and I like that the end goal for them isn't getting married but getting to know each other better.

I like that Robert helps her leave the ball when he sees something is wrong and she's upset.

The songs are fun enough for the most part. We get Idina Menzel singing "Material Girl" and I love the "What A Man/7 Nation Army" mashup at the ball. And I actually listen to the cast version of "Am I wrong" all the time, unironically.

Love Minnie Driver in anything. She's so fucking funny in this movie (I crack up every time I see her measuring the thrones, I will not apologize).

Love Gwen. End of story.

Love the costume design for the other girls at the ball and the variety of styles for their hair and dresses.

Is this movie perfect? God no. Does it have parts I think are silly or dumb (*cough* the mice *cough*)? Yeah, but it's one of the more fun Cinderella adaptations I've seen. Again, it's got that early 2000s feel, so I guess if that's not your jam, I understand. But again, this has so much more energy and personality than the hundreds of Disney live action remakes coming down the pipeline. So seriously, why do people shit on this movie so much?