#animation salt

[bold-and-brashleigh]

i absolutely hate bashing on new animated shows (especially with everything happening with animation in the last few years) but

the new velma show is absolutely terrible for several reasons

the edginess that eliminates the nuance that the original series/early 2000s versions had regarding the characters defining personalities (i.e. shaggy being hinted at being a stoner vs actually being a stoner)

the timeline is way off. i know there are at least two ways scooby and the gang are introduced as a group

they met as kids and shaggy has had scooby doo since he was a child/scooby was a puppy (a pup named scooby doo/most of the main series/movies)

they met in high school and shaggy adopted scooby as a teenager (the second set of live action movies from the 2010s)

either of these is a perfectly plausible way the kids met scooby and formed mystery inc. but introducing a series based on a popular franchise and not having the main character/character the franchise is named after in the show at all (“it takes place before they met scooby doo”) makes zero sense to me

like you don’t have to have scooby as a main character, but completely eliminating him from the story/series altogether doesn’t make sense lore wise (the gang officially got together after scooby was introduced, not before)

back to the edginess (or attempt of edginess) i feel that, to date, the edgiest version of the scooby doo franchise was cartoon network’s mystery incorporated (the animation being a bit more “‘scandalous,’” the story having an occult/really supernatural component, and the characters actually having depth that matches their ages/problems (daphne yearning for fred and wanting to marry him instead of just being in a happy go lucky relationship)

like sure the show was weird and a bit mature for a children’s show but at least the characters made sense

and lastly

at least the supernatural x scooby doo crossover left the characters in character (and actually had scooby doo in it)

anyway, i will not be watching this show (not even hate watching) because i just can’t afford to see one of my favorite and most precious franchises be destroyed due to capitalism and “edginess”

(i really was rooting for black shaggy :/// and obviously daphne being asian american/velma being indian american would have been huge for female animated characters but this show better only have one season. i will be looking at fanart tho if there is any bc i love scooby doo fanart :)))

[53v3nfrn5]

Butterflies feeding off the tears of turtles in the Amazon. This is uncommon for the butterflies as minerals such as salt can be scarce in certain regions, so the turtles salty tears give the butterflies the nutrients they need for survival. Photog. Jeff Cremer

[four-unwell-lesbians]

Thinking about the way dungeon meshi does queer horror. Using horror to tell queer stories is already subversive, but dungeon meshi subverts it even more

Normal queer horror is like. A monsterous desire and immortal love of something isolated/hated and the uncontrollable but suppressed need to consume someone to live and they only die if you break/pierce their heart. its great.

In dungeon meshi, the group is STARVING. they do things the way they're expected to and they're so deprived that eventually, one of them is consumed by that monsterous desire.

Then when Falin becomes a monster, she doesn't eat Marcille because she doesn't NEED to, Marcille already offered herself up as part of Falin by mixing her own blood with the dragon's for the resurrection.

Also Marcille is a monster too!! She doesn't need to be turned by Falin. She's a 'witch' doing black magic for one but she's also very vampiric

Her name is super vampirey especially given one of the translation spellings was Marcilla, an annogram of Carmilla*. And Marcille is very similar to Marceline from Adventure Time so it's a name with heavy connotations to me. Also her staff is Ambrosia which means immortal.

*ps Carmilla is the original modern vampire that inspired Dracula and also a lesbian. she used annagrams of her name (Marcilla, Mircalla, Millarca) to disguise herself across hundreds of years.

Marcille is like. a vampire in that death is a big part of her theme. She can breathe that immortality into someone else using her resurrection black magic and death is a huge part of her character. She wants them to live as long as she does. To make them immortal. Like. Like a vampire. Vampires which are unholy when her love interest is a cleric.

But once again this is subverted!! she doesn't 'turn' Falin, she makes her undead by giving her own blood instead of taking Falin's. Falin becomes a monster not because she's attacked or turned, but because her DNA, something INHERENT about her is now intertwined with the monster. so a god-like figure merges them. Then the only way to free her from that frenzy and grant her autonomy again is to finally consume her. something inherently lesbian about all that i think idk about you

[sailor-brunette]

I am sick and tired of seeing shit takes from people about how characters like Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke) and Miyo (My Happy Marriage) are "unfeminist" because they're shy and soft-spoken. When Miyo is literally that way as a SURVIVAL TACTIC because SHE WAS FUCKING ABUSED And Sawako is showed to have social anxiety and the other kids are shown to kind of bully her. But both girls gain confidence and strength as both series progress. NOT ALL WOMEN HAVE TO BE STONE COLD BADASSES TO BE STRONG!!! Geez…

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was attending a funeral and to commemorate the deceased, we watched an animated Christmas film where it appeared that the animators had never once seen a child before. The film got really intensely into elf politics in the end.

[dozydawn]

[snowdin-stims]

🐱 | source

[kness]

Magical Salt Shakers 💖 they don't need a stopper, they're round and cute, handmade and some are available.

[nightmarereverie]

“Pokemon All Star Collection: Alcremie Salted Cream Berry Plush” by Pokémon Centre and San-ei

[actual-haise]

Songs of Salt and Saurischia

[hawkeabelas]

i will never understand just how desperately people want Marinette to be punished for the choices she made at the end of season 5. like, yeah, she kept some information from her boyfriend that he definitely has the right to have. that sucks. but the choice makes sense: she wants to protect his feelings, he just became a literal orphan and she doesn't want to add to his grief, also from her perspective she's a superhero and he's a civilian (we know this isn't the case, but that's dramatic irony baybee!) and that's a burden for her alone to carry as Ladybug.

Obviously this will eventually cause conflict, maybe even an argument or several. But Marinette and Adrien are very emotionally mature for their age, out of necessity, and I think they'll work through it and be stronger in the end.

but my fucking god do people want the worst for Marinette in season 6. to the point where they talk about an adrinette breakup being inevitable and earned. like this is the worst thing Marinette has ever done and she deserves to have everyone in Paris hate her forever.

like fucking hell. she's a 14 year old who was tasked with responsibilities that would make most adults crumble. give the girl a break.

[vanlegion]

[myokk]

💘

[shelovesplants]

Out boating 🚢 saw soooo many turtles 🐢🏝🌊🩷😍

[littlepawz]

yup, that's my corner of the world :)

[yourlocalcorviddad]

Ok ok, more POTS! Danny headcannons

Original one is here!

Danny is like me in the fact that he will sit, hang, float upside down to help regulate issues, and he will very much forget that he has to sit adjust back to sitting normally, let alone standing after.

So he'll realize he's late for something-class, lab, lunch with friends, date with Dick, whatever-and immediately rush to stand, get halfway down the stairs/hall/whatever, and collapse to the floor or crash into the wall

Dick and others have found him many times like this.

Dick starts showing up early, when he can, to make sure Danny annually actually takes time to adjust

It just ends up with Danny falling onto him instead, not that either mind.

Someone gets Danny a salt lick as a joke when they find out it's one of the ones that's helpful. Danny 100% uses it, just leans over and licks it when he knows he needs it. This leads to others, likely Damian, finding the "'highest quality, filled with the best minerals needed' salt licks and stuff for gifts for Danny-either directly from Damian, or given to Dick to give to him-all of them are used and appreciated.

Danny has a love hate terrorism relationship with pickles.

On one hand: salty electrolyte filled treat.

On the other hand: if he bites into one more pickle that isn't crunchy-expecting exceptions for when it's warm on a sandwich or something intentionally-he's going to riot. It will be his supervillain moment.

He's good about eating when he remembers, but if he's in a hyperfixation moment, it can last ages and he'll forget. Tucker makes a reminder thing for him but it's not always helpful.

Once he went so long when he stood up after, it wasn't just black spots and wooziness, he actually passed out, hitting his head on the side of the table and actually cracking a ride l rib and arm landing wrong.

Dick and the others made him promise he'd set alarms. Tim just straight up makes one that visually and audibly reminds him to eat.

They then work together to fit it into his bracelets and then also sell it for others to use.