#aqua critical

[kayura-sanada]

Aqua went on a big adventure across Disney worlds and never once did I get the impression that she was having fun...

Lol. Again, that was actually something I enjoyed about her. She was all about duty and discipline, to the point of ignoring emotions and familial bonds. She couldn't even enjoy Disney, for crying out loud. And she was the only one who didn't consider Stitch a potential friend until she saw how Terra and Ven had accepted him. She did nothing but deride Peter Pan for how he treated his friends, not understanding what he was doing at all. The way she acted in Castle of Dreams, as if the world was a mission and not a new world to explore.

It was all phenomenal make-up to incredible character building. You know. Before all of that got thrown in the trash for 'perfect-as-she-is' interpretations. Sigh.

[judas6sm]

With Frylock being the only one with a proper bed in the whole house, I like to imagine this happens often

[blowingoffsteam2]

I love how when kh3 came out people were complaining about Aqua just standing there as the heartless tornado comes to sweep her away and people were scoffing at the idea that it was intended to show ptsd from her time in the RoD like Nomura is incapable of showing characters having trauma responses? And then Remind came out and was like um yeah she does in fact have ptsd from her time in the RoD.

[aqours]

the sooner everyone realizes this the sooner we can just finally move past all the discourse to just focus on the story and why the characters are doing the things they are doing (very specifically ruby)

[bluhahae]

this is how people draw master shake gijinkas

[aquaburst3]

I was talking with some others on my TWST server about how Vil and Neige's dynamic doesn't work. One of the members pointed out something that I never thought of before. The NRC team should've WON the VDC. Hear me out.

Part of the problem with that arc is that Vil never truly realizes how fruitless his one-sided rivalry with Neige actually is. Vil and Neige's dynamic reminds me a lot of Lance's dynamic with Keith from Voltron. They both fall flat for the same reason—neither Vil or Lance truly realize that they're using their rivalry as an outlet for their personal insecurities and thusly never grow as people.

While Vil knows that he's in the wrong, hence why he says that he's "ugly" when he overblots, the narrative goes out of the way to validate him. By making him lose by a single vote on Rook's part, it casts him as a victim, feeding into his mindset even more. He can go, "Look, look! I lost. It's all Neige's fault. He must pay for stealing for what is rightfully mine." That makes him loopback to square one and never grow as a person.

Instead Vil should've gotten everything that he wanted. He should've won the competition, but it doesn't feel like the sweet victory that he thought it would be. That's when he realizes that wasn't the validation he was actually looking for, and he was only using Neige as an outlet for his own demons. He apologizes to Neige for how he was acting, which Neige forgives him for.

[bellamer]

For a social experiment I want to see something

I want to do a drinking game where I put up any other adult cartoon vs Hazbin Hotel or Helluva Boss and any time they swear I take a drink

So like idk season 1 of South Park versus Hazbin Hotel or Aqua Teen season 1 versus Helluva Boss just to see something

I’m gonna do it with water first just to see what I’m getting myself into.

[catboygirljoker]

I saw your tag about Brown eyed Braig being sung to the tune of Brown Eyed Girl

And I need you to know that is exactly, 100% what is happening inside my brain every time I say it.

CLAPPING CHEERING......i miss his pretty big brown eyes.........

braig's texture/model/appearance/vocal performance/characterization/name are all subtly different enough that in my brain hes just a completely different character. im fully aware that this is arbitrary and makes no sense and i do my level best to remind myself that he is the exact same character. but i fail often.

but even then. even still. i legitimately get kinda emotional when i think about his brown eyes. pensive emoji.

[mushroomjar]

I just think Oshi No Ko could've been extremely good if it hadn't been written by a man

[aquagirl1978]

Nice as your answer is to the anon in regards to blocking people I think it also misses the core issue that is the confidence of anon. What makes anon feel so inferior? I feel that is something they need to confront with a therapist because that honestly sounds concerning. Telling them that it is okay to block is telling them it is okay to hide away from their problems instead of facing them.

Thank you anon for your advice, but previous anon was not asking me if they needed therapy. They asked me if what they wanted to do was weird. I am not a mental health professional. It is not my place, from my seat in Tumblrland, to be suggesting to anyone here to go seek therapy.

Previous anon seemed troubled enough - they needed a hug, not to be told they need therapy. For all we know, previous anon is already in therapy and perhaps too shy to ask their therapist about fandom/hobbies. But previous anon did not ask me "do I need therapy" they asked if what they were thinking/feeling was weird.

(DISCLAIMER: This is NOT to say I am against therapy. I have been in therapy myself and am a big advocator of seeking help when needed. However, I also will not push therapy as the answer when someone asks me a question such as "is this weird")

[britneyshakespeare]

barbie girl by aqua is one of the most backfired attempts at satire in history

[ruuari]

oh my dog. platinum critical mode adventures

this keyblade is sooo cute

ultima weapon is also pretty

[luckynatured]

Okay, so you know how Get Hit’s Hydreigon is a lower level in BW2 than it is in BW? 

I’ve heard a fair number of takes on this, but here’s mine:

((ADDED SIDENOTE: Nobody has to adhere to this headcanon! As of writing this post, I’m in the middle of writing the Ghetsis fight in the fic chronicling Hilbert’s journey, and it’s just something I thought of as I connected some dots!))

Hydreigon lost one of its arm/heads in the battle against Hilbert, which takes away a little bit of its fighting power. The Life Orb it holds and the fact that its moveset is physical in BW2 could be a way of attempting to make up for that loss: with how long it would take Ghetsis to raise another Deino to full evolution, replacing Hydreigon would be more trouble than it was worth for Ghetsis.

As for how Hydreigon lost that arm?

It could be argued that he had the misfortune to face Michelle in that battle. 

Michelle, whose mother was an unusual Samurott who once encouraged her to use whatever trick she had if it meant protecting what was precious to her.

Both Pokemon were evenly matched, but Hydreigon was faster. Dragon Pulse took out most of her stamina, she could not take another one without going down. 

It didn’t take long for her to decide that if she was going to go down, she would do everything she could to fuck Hydreigon up and spite Ghetsis in one go. Her main motivation was to protect Hilbert at all costs, but any sense of honor had gone out the window at that point - right now, her actions were dictated by a desire for revenge.

So she used Aqua Jet to get close to Hydreigon. The Dragon-type was caught off-guard by the move, with created the perfect opening for Michelle to tackle the dragon to the ground and bite as hard as she could onto his shoulder (where Hydreigon’s arm met the rest of its body). It was only when she tasted blood that she grabbed a seamitar and swung. 

She didn’t stop until Ghetsis had to return Hydreigon to his PokeBall, but she had accomplished her goal by that time. Hydreigon’s arm could still be flopping onto the floor beneath her, the head giving out a pathetic wail before it stopped moving for good. 

She honestly hadn’t expected to survive, so she went all-out.

[death-rebirth-senshi]

This was a terrible idea I'm much too loopy for this today

[invidiatechdemo]

honestly the more i think about hoder the more i like her as a character because. lord.

the internal stuff implied re: hoder's train of thought as dark road's final acts progress is. it's really good.

[aquaburst3]

“Blitz needs a partner who is supportive, understanding and level-headed, being there for him when he needs it.”

Gee if only there was someone in the show who was like that. Maybe they had a lengthy relationship with, maybe they tried to get close to him. Maybe just maaybe even getting a tattoo to signify how important he is to them…that they truly cared and loved him.

Oh wait, that’s Verosika Mayday! Oh but the show is just gonna toss her aside, a genuine character who didn’t force Blitz into anything, who actually cared about him and wanted to get close. Replacing that with a character who he has no common interests in, demeans him and his entire species and doesn’t seem to help in any real capacity.

I agree. I don't get why the show is shipping him with Stolas so hard, when someone like her makes so much more sense for him. Like you said, she's a level-headed woman, who generally cares about him and is trying to help him heal. All the while Stolas has a mountain of baggage of his own, has nothing in common with him, and is a huge toxic jackass that manipulates him only see him as an "impish plaything". It genuinely seems like Stolas is in love with an idealized version of Blitz after he was brought over to "be his friend" while Verosika is in love for him for who he is and wants him to get better.

I get it. Blitz has a lot of issues thanks to his past trauma. Him being a self-destructive tsundere, who pushes others away, including those who want to help him like her, makes sense and is realistic. But that doesn't mean that Stolas should be the end game ship for him or is best for him in the long run.

To be quite honest, sometimes it feels like the show is adding Stolitz because Stolas is the author favourite and it's a mlm pairing. Don't get me wrong. There's absolutely nothing wrong with mlm pairings. I have thousands of ones that I enjoy in various different media, and wrote plenty of fics with mlm pairings with them. Hell, I love Huskerdust and Val/Vox in Hazbin Hotel! I even get why some queer AFAB people and those on the ace spectrum prefer those over other kinds even if I'm not like that personally. Tossing two characters that aren't the best for one another together just because they're a m|m pairing while ignoring a much better match just because it's het is terrible writing. You should have your endgame ships based on compatibility and chemistry, not just because they are two guys and one is your fav.