#carmen sandiego critical

[tacktheyak]

they should have a heart-to-heart, i think

i sketched this a while ago after i was inspired by this video:

as a big CS fan, i highly recommend it, it was a very interesting watch!

bonus:

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

“catra is a complex poc” fuck that. here are some ACTUAL poc animated characters who are just as, if not more complex than catra.

grace monroe (infinity train) • black american

connie maheshwaran (steven universe) • indian-american

katara (avatar the last airbender) • inuk

wolf (kipo and the age of wonderbeasts) • black american

suhara/shadowsan (carmen sandiego) • japanese

korra (the legend of korra) • inuk

jesse cosay (infinity train) • indigenous (apache)

lars barriga (steven universe) • filipino

azula (avatar the last airbender) • japanese

ryan akagi (infinity train) • japanese-canadian

luz noceda (the owl house) • afro-dominican american

(there are a lot more, so i'll be making a part 2!)

[kitty-meowskers]

am i allowed to be mad carmen sandiego used indian culture as a fucking aesthetic to then carry on and yap about THE BRITISH???? THE FUCKING COLONISERS OF THE SAME COUNTRY????? YOUVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME RIGHT???? JULIA GOES 'oh the history... oh the architecture... sighs dreamily' WITH ZERO ELABORATION NOT ONLY ARE YOURE TELLING ME YOU CANT EVEN THINK OF ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE CULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE AFTER MENTIONING IT. BUT YOU COULDNT THINK UP A SINGLE FUCKING THING OTHER THAN A BRITISH DOCUMENT FOR A VILE OPERATIVE TO STEAL. IN INDIA????. THE OH THE HISTORY OH THE ARCHITECTURE COUNTRY????? IN THE NO STEALING HISTORICAL PIECES SERIES?????? how classy

[fedorah-the-explorah]

look at my alignment charts, boy

[icanteleportnow]

'Please Please Please' by Sabrina Carpenter is so red crackle from carmen's pov

[vileoperativeamaryllis]

QUESTION

We love Carmen Sandiego, but i’m sure we have some parts we aren’t fond of. So tell me, what are the things you guys don’t like about it that you think could be fixed in CS5?

[elizabethemerald]

Pride Prompts!

Time for my favorite June tradition! Send me some Pride prompts! Send me a character and I'll write something gay for them! Maybe how they figured out their gender or sexual identity, how they came out to their loved ones, what them attending a Pride parade would entail, or maybe just a sweet date! All June you can send me Prompts!

I'm tagging all my fandoms so feel free to send prompts for any of them!

[utilitycaster]

I would actually not mind a Carmen PortDamali style run of episodes of collecting missing Ashari

[pagerunner-j]

tfw you belatedly notice the Critical Role social media feeds making Carmen Sandiego jokes

And, I mean, setting aside the whole "Liam was in the Netflix animated series" thing, which is obviously the most relevant connection for them, where my brain goes is straight back to the early '90s and a certain game show on PBS.

Which I might have watched, um, a lot of.

Like...a lot.

(To be fair, there were 295 episodes, and between our two PBS stations it aired at least twice a day, often four -- and, during one summer at the height of its popularity, five times, as late as 11 PM -- so there was a lot of show to watch.)

Anyway, I'm having a really weird flashback right now. And 30+ years on (god help me), it's still hard to read the words "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?" without singing them.

[retrokid616]

HOLD THE FUCK UP IS THIS LADY CANNON!

[red-balloon12]

I come back to melt over my two favorite sapphics and the RedCrackle/Camivy nation are stirring bullshit….I thought we were all cool and civil. WHY YA’LL STARTING STUFF AFTER 3 YEARS??

[katewillaert]

Looking forward to an epic year of cranking out mind blowing forgotten history that will be criminally ignored until I run out of money once again and give up for good. :3

The current release plan for 2024:

- MED: Metroidmania #1 - MED: Mario/Popeye #2 (Patreon Preview) - S: Metroidmania #2 - MED: Mario/Popeye #3 (Patreon Preview) - S: Metroidmania #3 - MED: Mario/Popeye #4 (Patreon Preview) - MED: Metroidmania #4 - LARGE: Mario/Popeye #1-5 Complete - S: Metroidmania #5 - MED: Carmen #1 (Patreon Preview) - S: Metroidmania #6 - MED: Carmen #2 (Patreon Preview) - S: Metroidmania #7 - MED: Carmen #3 (Patreon Preview) - MED: Metroidmania #8 - LARGE: Carmen Declassified #1-4 Complete - S: Metroidmania #9 - MED: VideoDames #1

(The chapter previews are available at the $5 tier.)

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

remember how in ATSV, Gwen's dad quits his job as a cop, because it required him to arrest innocent people, including his own daughter?

or how in Carmen Sandiego, Julia gives up her job as an investigator, after realizing that Carmen was a good person but the ACME still wanted to capture her?

i just wish we would have gotten something like this with Caitlyn. it's really disappointing to see a character with so much potential being completely assassinated like this.

at no point does Caitlyn realize that her job as an enforcer is only harming people.

at no point does she consider the fact that her own girlfriend was a victim of police brutality and classism, and that maybe she shouldn't continue to endorse and enable it.

there was an opportunity for growth, where Caitlyn realizes how much harm she has done, and thus decides to quit her job.

it's like the writers for s2 were completely different people, the way they entirely missed the point of the first season.

[youraveragecatastrophe]

First rule of computer safety : don't plug random flash drives into your computer

Second rule of computer safety : don't use your pets or loved ones' names or birthdays as passwords

this is a 0/2 for Chief! Someone send her to computer safety classes

[fandomtrumpshate]

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[fixyourwritinghabits]

No Such Thing As Filler

Okay, so yes, this is another post based on something I saw that irritated me, but it seems like this idea keeps coming up, so I need y'all to internalize this. There is no such thing as filler in good writing. None. Do not approach your work thinking you have to fill space in a story, I will beat you with this wiffle bat. Don't ask me where I got the wiffle bat. Don't even worry about it.

The idea of filler comes from a very particular place - when an anime or TV show has to fit in a certain number of episodes, but doesn't have enough content (hasn't caught up with the manga, the source material isn't long enough, etc) to cover those episodes. An episode has to be written, but the characters can't really progress, and so are given something else to do. Many a trope has come from these episodes, and they're sometimes necessary. Filler in this context is something that makes sense.

The dark side of filler is the idea that you need some space between Big Event 1 and Big Event 2 in your story, therefore you need throw anything in there to take up space and make your word count. This is a mistake I've made and I've seen plenty of other writers do it too, but it's a huge waste of your time. You do need something between those big action scenes, but you should always be writing to accomplish something.

Instead of thinking of that writing as filler, try to approach it with three things in mind:

Move Forward With Character Development and Backstory - Your characters barely survived a huge gunfight, and they won't encounter the big bad again for another few chapters. How do your characters decompress from that gunfight, and what does that say about them? Did a cocky character go in guns blazing, only to be deeply shaken by how a real fight works? Did that fight spark a moment of deep trauma for the main character that they have to reflect on afterwards?

Filling this space with meaningless scenes is a huge waste of opportunity. Think about how to dive deeper into your characters.

Move Forward With Plot and Subplot Development - The bad guy beat the heroes to the stolen gem, but they left behind a clue to why they want it. However that clue could reveal some painful truths about the protagonist's beloved great aunt... Carmen Sandiego???

A major goal following a big action scene is having the characters figure out what to do with what they've learned and what to do next. It's where romance subplots or secret relative subplots make progress, when truths are revealed and next steps are taken. You can absolutely do this in any setting - a flirty conversation while at the battling cages, a tense moment of feelings while hunting down a wayward chicken - but your main goal is making progress for both the characters and plot.

Move Forward With Worldbuilding - Worldbuilding has it challenges, believe me. You don't want to write a chapter on how an airship works only to have to cut it later. But you should still try to flesh out your world, and you should do so with the perspective of how to use that worldbuilding to your benefit. Maybe a critical scene hinges on the main characters knowing how that airship works, or that lake your main character often stares at is the setting of the big Act 3 Boat Battle. The weather can play into both perspective and emotions. Knowing what the main character's house and car looks like can reflect a lot on their personal character or backstory.

When you're struggling with a scene or a chapter, rather than writing filler, take a few steps back and think. What can you establish with your worldbuilding? What can you reveal about your characters through their dialogue and actions? What subplot could you explore or add in these between moments?

Filler from a fandom perspective - Now let me make this clear - if you're writing a fanfic just to have a cute moment between the characters you like, or you really want to force everyone to do that weird Twilight baseball scene, that's fine. You don't need a grand goal to achieve for every story, there's no need to justify your fanwork in any way other than you wanted to do it.

But I'd also argue fanwork doesn't fall under the filler label either - something you create, be it a character snapshot or a 'what if the gang meets Slenderman' parody, isn't taking up meaningless space. It's something fun you did that you and others enjoy, and there's nothing wasteful or pointless about that.