#but not...like...the worst thing ever

[novelmonger]

Finally got around to watching Wish (mainly so I could form my own opinions about it), so I want to lock in my own opinions before I go look at all the criticisms of it I've been saving up since it came out :P

Overall, it was...fine? Not spectacularly good, not spectacularly bad. Kinda forgettable and pathetic for what was supposed to be Disney's "look at us we've been making animated movies for 100 years," but I've certainly seen worse from this studio.

As always, no matter what else I think of the movie, Disney always delivers on quality animation. Nothing groundbreaking, but I did like how it kind of looked 2D sometimes even though it was clearly all 3D though Klaus did it way better.

That being said, why did it look so much like Tangled? I don't just mean the palette-swap Disney seems to be using for every "princess"-like character these days, with the big eyes and the same basic facial structure. I mean that even the color scheme of purple and gold was the same. I loved Asha's hair, but the way it fell looked an awful lot like Rapunzel's sometimes (though obviously much shorter). Even some of her movements just looked like they recycled the animation from Tangled.

The songs were actually kinda catchy, though I didn't like the "You're a Star" song or whatever it's called. Best song by far was the duet with Asha and the villain. Also, I was expecting there to be more songs.

I'm sure everyone and their brother has already talked about this, but the villain felt lazily handled. His sudden descent into evil was too abrupt and too...all-encompassing? I could kind of see where they could have gone with him, someone with genuinely good intentions who takes it too far and decides the ends justify the means. But they made him too selfish and "mwahaha power!" so he just ended up boring.

The message that "if you dabble in forbidden magic even once, you're giving yourself to it for all eternity" was a surprisingly dark one for Disney, and not one I agree with at all. I would have much preferred to see even the tiniest smidge of a redemption for him. He can still get thrown in the dungeon at the end! But they had this whole scene about another character being forgiven for his actions in the movie, so why is the villain beyond redemption?

I get that this is a kids' movie, and I don't exactly expect a hard magic system from Disney, but how on earth does the star magic even work?! If everybody's a star, why does wishing on the stars in the sky work differently than just making a wish to yourself? Clearly the star has significant magic power, but if everybody has that power within them already, why does Asha need a magic wand to do things with it? How does everybody still have star power inside them if their wishes have been taken away or destroyed? I don't need everything about magic in any given story explained to me in scientific detail, but everything about the magic in this movie felt so arbitrary and convenient.

I'm sure I'm not the first person to point out that each one of Asha's friends corresponds to one of the seven Dwarves. I was patting myself on the back for figuring that out for myself, because I usually don't notice Easter eggs like that without someone pointing them out, but then they made it totally obvious at the end anyway -_-

I really wish the animals didn't start talking. Normally, I don't mind that in Disney movies; I kind of expect it, even. But every word that passed through Valentino's lips made me want to kick a baby goat. Not a pleasant experience.

You know, I just realized I think the only time I laughed in the whole movie was that moment when they open the door and see the chickens having a dance party. I usually have more fun with Disney movies, but there were too many times in this movie where it felt like they were trying too hard to be funny, and just ended up being kind of cringe. (Contrast that to Tangled, which still leaves me splitting my sides every time I watch it!)

What was Asha's mother's wish?! I kept waiting for them to show it, and started to think it was going to be something super important to the plot or something...but no. Just left a mystery forever.

The star was very cute.

I liked the pictures of all the animated movies in the credits. That was a nice glance back through the past hundred years. But did I blink and miss it, or did they leave off Meet the Robinsons and The Wild? I don't like either of those movies, but...weren't they Disney?!

[hinamie]

I don't want to regret the way I lived

[oars]

[sqrkyclean]

being vulnerable for a second to use my pooltoy furry oc to convey what recovering from contamination ocd has been like while undergoing hrt.

[ninjasmudge]

(warning, may be loud 🔊)

x2 the torment!

[feyyyd]

paul: mansplain, manipulate, manslaughter feyd: hot damn

[inkskinned]

he says i hate everyone except you and that is addictive and that is kind of romantic and beautiful because you're young and you're kind of a sarcastic asshole too and you don't like bad boys, per say, but you don't really like good ones either. and you like that you were the exception, it felt like winning.

except life is not a romance book, and he was kind of being honest. he doesn't learn to be nice to your friends. he only tolerates your family. you have to beg him to come with you to birthday parties, he complains the whole time. you want to go on a date but - people are often there, wherever you're going. he's just so angry. about everything, is the thing. in the romance book, doesn't he eventually soften? can't you teach him, through your own sense of whimsy and comfort?

at first - you know introverts often need smaller friend groups, and honestly, you're fine staying at home too. you like the small, tidy life you occupy. you're not going to punish him for his personality type.

except: he really does hate everyone but you. which means he doesn't get along with his therapist. which means he has no one to talk to except for you. which means you take care of him constantly, since he otherwise has no one. which means you sometimes have to apologize for him. which means he keeps you home from seeing your friends because he hates them. you're the single exception.

about a decade from this experience, you'll type into google: how to know if a relationship is codependent.

he wraps an arm around you. i hate everyone except you. these days, you're learning what he's actually confessing is i have very little practice being kind.

[blighted-lights]

ravage is #1 personal space stealer and heater, 10/10 would recommend having him as an amica. usually he'd be sleeping curled around soundwave's head but the other cassettes are out harassing starscream on patrol, so soundwave's chest is free real estate

anyways send me asks with ur soundwave and ravage hcs and mayhaps i'll draw them soon

[qweenofurheart]

lol imagine having to hang out with your brother that beat the shit out of u within an inch of your life

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Good morning, Sleepyhead.

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[maxzemillian]

hello 💀

got the audio from another user in the kinitopet discord server (creditz to them! honeychips4090)

[thefandomenchantress]

So I watched Hazbin Hotel, (or at least the episodes out so far). And I wasn’t that attached to Vox in the pilot because he was only there for two seconds but he’s now my favorite. I can’t help it he’s so pathetic.

Also I love whenever the animators have him make this face:

Why does he look like a cat??? I noticed the soundwave on his hat looks kinda like cat ears and now I can’t unsee it. How am I supposed to take him seriously when he wears that hat and is constantly making a :3 face? /lh

[leavingautumn13]

i don't have anything to say about this one except "i'm sorry."

[reference]

[obligatory "i have commissions open now" link]

[postapocalyptic-cryptic]

I have some advice to writers in fandom: if you start to feel like fandom is making you dislike your own writing, get the hell out. Do not wait, do not pull halfway out, fucking go. Fandoms are vicious and there are people out there who make themselves feel better by tearing others down. Waiting for likes teaches you to externalize your sense of self-worth. Reblogs and follower counts become unspoken competitions.

Leave with your sense of self-worth intact. Loving your writing is worth more than anything you could possibly get out of fandom, I promise you.

[hellspawnmotel]

[deafening-radio-silence]

"—No but like, why?" "Because you have neuroses, Barnes."