#disney soul review

[karlamon]

After re-watching Pixar's Soul on the big screen, I liked it much more on my second try. This is such a smart and philosophical way to tackle the concept of life, truly among Pixar's finest. I'm so glad I gave it another chance!

My ★★★★★ review of Soul (2020) on Letterboxd:

[reflectivefilms]

Soul (2022) - Pete Docter

“Your spark isn’t your soul’s purpose.”

Is life really all about finding our purpose? When we’re kids, we’re taught to dream big, discover our passion and hence, ourselves. But when we don’t find that thing we want to do for the “rest of our lives”, we can feel like a failure.

Soul is a journey of this unborn soul called 22 who doesn’t want to live. But by chance, she’s able to travel to Earth and experience life. She wasn’t fascinated by the “purposes” we think like playing music, teaching or barbering. Instead, she enjoyed eating, walking and feeling a cool breeze.

A spark is not a life-defining purpose. It’s simply the little moments that make us happy we’re alive. 22 never needed to find her purpose to live because it’s living itself that is the purpose.

[roguerebels]

The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life Review!

Starlight Beacon has fallen. The Night of Sorrow has passed. But what comes next? Check out Sal's Review of #TheHighRepublic: Tales of Light and Life! #StarWarsBooks

“Nothing in this galaxy is freely given.”Marda Ro Starlight Beacon has fallen. The Night of Sorrow has passed. But what comes next? What of our heroes? What of the enemies? Past present and future are all explored in this anthology. Tales of Light and Life contains nine stories (ten if you get that Barnes and Noble edition) following characters spanning all phases of The High Republic! Each…

[bdzonthareel]

The Little Mermaid (2023)

So Disney has gone overboard with these remakes, like we now have 3 different live action remakes of The Jungle Book (One is direct-to-video, but that’s beside the point.) I find myself, like many Disney fans constantly asking who asked for this and with them ranging from fine to God Awful! Which brings us to the subject of yet another (controversial) live action remake, The Little Mermaid.

You know the story, Mermaid longs to experience the world of the surface and learn more about it, gives up her voice to become human, hijinks ensue. Then she gets her happy ending.

The story is mostly unchanged, but the biggest changes are in characterization and certain details.

There were a lot of progressive changes, and that’s one of the film’s biggest strengths; there was a huge emphasis on Caribbean Island culture, as opposed to *insert European country here* given the surface kingdom a lot more to do. I found myself conflicted over this choice but I also feel like this was a scenario where someone was going to be displeased no matter what, and for what it’s worth I’ll take this over the worst case scenario.

There were a couple of new songs that were provided by my candidate for the current hardest working man in show business, Lin Manuel Miranda. The first being a song for Prince Eric, which left no impression on me; and ScuttleBug which feels undoubtedly like one of songs, from the delivery to the wordplay.

Composer Alan Menken returns to provide an impressive score for this remake, even if the score itself is a remake.

The visuals are brilliant, at least on land, it’s like Director Rob Marshall had no interest in making the Mermaid part of The Little Mermaid visually appealing.

The cast was solid, object of controversy Halle Bailey has a decent acting resume and this is no exception; in spite of her performance fluctuating.

Daveed Diggs does a hilarious Jamaican accent as Sebastian, Awkafina and Jacob Tremblay were fine as Scuttle and Flounder respectively.

Melissa McCarthy managed to use her scenery chewing powers for good as Ursula, and her vocal training definitely paid off.

Javier Bardem gives a commanding performance as King Triton.

However Jonah Hauer-King, was forgettable.

As far as adaptations, The Little Mermaid was fine; nothing special kinda like hot pocket, filling but not necessary. I would definitely say it’s one of the best live action remakes, but the bar is insanely low.

I give The Little Mermaid a 3 out of 5.

[review-anon]

You know as much as we, deservingly, shit on disney live action remakes i gotta admit there were a few good ones in the enormous pile of soulless cash-grab blockbusters made by people who didn't understand what made the original so great and insisted on fixing things that weren't actual problems in the original works.

Both the live action 101 dalmatians movies from the 90s/2000s were pretty good, especially since they were ACTUAL adaptations that made changes for the story to fit a new, more modern, setting instead of being 1 to 1 remakes of the og, with Roger being a game designer that ends up making a game based on Cruella's kidnappings of the puppies by the end instead of writing a song about her villainy, and the sequel having a complete different storyline than the sequel to the animated counterpart.

Maleficent was a pretty interesting movie too. Yes, I'm counting it as a live action remake since we haven't had the displeasure of seeing an actual Sleeping beauty one yet, besides it shifting the focus to the vilain of the original story to show her side of things was pretty neat to watch.

And I'd even go as far as saying that the more recent Jungle book live action remake was really the last good one they made since it was a much darker and serious take on a storyline that was originally very goofy and lighthearted. And the fact that you could actually discern the emotions the animals characters had in their faces, unlike a certain lion centric remake that came out later down the line, was a huge plus!

-Critic anon

I haven't watched the 101 Dalmatians remakes but I have watched Maleficent and the Jungle Book Remake and yeah I admit both of them were really good. Live Action remakes can work if you say go for a unique spin on the idea or go a different direction on the story while still keeping the same beats.

I admit I wasn't super stoked about the idea focusing on the villain at first but the way they portray Maleficent is so brilliant and how its a capital example why you don't disrespect the fae. Since Disney themselves are the main culpirts why people think of the fae folk as cute and wholesome when in reality they were not, its a very well done move on their part to go back to the original roots. I also like how the Prince actually has objections to kissing Aurora while she is a magical coma which is much better then the original fairy tale. If you know...you know.

And the Jungle Book Remake is good as well because yeah the original Disney one was quite goofy where this they actually make Shere Khan intimidating as a villain where he really wasn't in the original book and the animated Disney film. It was also a good move to not only gender flip Kaa because fun fact in reptiles the females are larger then the males so given how big Kaa is, being female would make more sense, and also to make King Louie a Gigantopithecus to justify how big he is since yeah they really do get that large. I also got to give Neel Seithi credit since he's really the only human in the film, he has to do a lot of acting on green screen due to how everyone else is CGI.

Unfortunately it seems Disney have taken the wrong messages from it and just went for lazy soulless cash grabs. And it seems Lilo & Stitch, which I adore, is gonna be the latest victim of that. So I can then join the long queue of people who's childhoods were ruined by soulless Disney live action remakes.

[milliondollarbaby87]

Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch - Review

[quirkycatsfatstacks]

Review: Star Wars: The High Republic: The Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule

Series: Star Wars, The High Republic, Star Wars Disney Canon NovelAuthor: Charles SoulePublisher: Del ReyReleased: January 5, 2021Received: Own Goodreads | Star Wars Reviews Book Summary: It’s the golden era of the High Republic, where everyone works as one unit to try and create a better universe. Well, mostly everyone. Then something catastrophic happens. The death toll has the potential to…

[animaletras]

Trazendo para a Maratona do Oscar, o grande campeão, Soul, da disney e Pixar, um filme extremamente aclamado pela crítica, até porque não poderia deixar de ser, levando nome de grandes gênios, como na produção, com Dana Murry, vencedora do Oscar de 2018, por Lou e na direção com os também premiados Kemp Powers (Annie Award) e Pete Docter, por Divertidamente.

O filme oferece uma aventura pela vida, pelo pós-vida e pelo além-vida. Trazendo uma perspectiva do que a vida viria a ser, nos é apresentado Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), um professor de música, que acaba de ser efetivado, mas se sente insatisfeito pela promoção. Joe acredita que para a sua vida ter sentido, ele precisaria tocar numa banda de jazz. É quando ele recebe a proposta do seu ex-aluno para tocar na banda de Dorethea Williams (Angela Bassett) como pianista. A notícia o eleva a um estado de alegria tão grande que ele não percebe os diversos riscos que uma pessoa corre ao andar pela agitada Nova York, e por isso, acaba sofrendo um acidente. Inconformado com o seu destino, ele acaba indo parar no além-vida, onde encontra 22 (Tina Fey), uma alma carismática que não encontra sentido para a existência humana, apesar de ter tido muitos professores famosos. Devido a uma confusão, Joe acaba sendo o seu professor e percebe no hall da vida que a sua vida é chata e tediosa. Com a missão de ensinar 22 qual o sentido da vida, ambos acabam vivendo uma série de situações cômicas e emocionantes que nos levam a refletir sobre o verdadeiro sentido da vida.

O filme nos mostra a importância de viver a vida a cada momento e com intensidade. E que o maior objetivo da vida é vivê-la, fazendo cada momento valer a pena.

O filme arrebatou dois prêmios Oscars: melhor filme de animação por Pete Docter e melhor trilha sonora por Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross e Jon Batiste. Além de prêmios como o BAFTA, Globo de Ouro e outros.

Apesar de todas as críticas positivas, fica o questionamento se Soul poderia ter ganhado o prêmio por fazer parte do monopólio da Disney, já que concorriam com ele filmes com mensagens, roteiros e construção de personagens até maiores.

[buildacatboy]

watching a select amount of people talk about how good the new captain america movie was and i just know they actually bought tickets instead of pirating it

this is literally one of the worst movies i have ever pirated, and i promise you right now, it is not worth breaking the boycott over to buy a fucking ticket. Fuck, it's not even worth watching. 3 minutes in and i was itching to turn it off, but i wanted to give this piece of shit film a fair shot and a fair review. bucky appears in this movie for like one literal minute, in case you're wondering, because your dash might have you believe that this movie continues much of anything from the show. this is a glass cliff movie and Anthony Mackie is doomed regardless of whether or not you see this movie. don't waste your time. and don't break the boycott. Fuck, don't even talk about this movie. This is my two cents, and after this, im not gonna talk about it anymore.

This is absurdist, overworked, unpolished, egregious, racist and propagandic slop trying and failing to be what his show was, which imo was the peak of the marvel shows released during covid and probably the last good thing to come out of marvel before its official nosedive! His show had something to say, something important, and this movie was a regurgitation of those points without any understanding of what made them click together in the FIRST PLACE! I feel like I'm talking into the void with whoever is left in the MCU fandom because anybody with the ability to read between the lines left after infinity war and endgame.............. I need a space to complain. I'm sorry Sam, they shouldn't be allowed to have you. this movie was so ooc, especially with Isaiah worst of all, and that Israeli woman was so obviously like.. not even a good actor, they just wanted to find someone who happened to be Israeli for good press.... You guys in the captain america tags are all saying that Captain America doesn't represent America, he represents good morals and doing the right thing, but if that were the case then he would have been object to her very presence. Erasure of the Palestinian genocide is impossible because it's been happening since WWII, which is evidently canon to the MCU, which means the Israelis steamrolling Palestine is. Also, don't yap at me that she has nothing to do with it, she's literally in close connections with the US president WITHIN the MCU that is quite well known for having a love of violence. Anybody who stands for something good would object, would show disdain beyond "ugh, im being INTERRUPTED" and I know that Sam Wilson would. But, he can't. Because it's propaganda. He has to work with her instead.

Don't waste your time. Just leave it. There's nothing here worth watching. It just made me upset as a Sam Wilson fan. The MCU you guys love died ages ago, and there's nothing here worth enjoying. These folks sold their souls. It's just bad CGI and hokey, fake bullshit trying to get you to buy their merchandise and pledge your undying allegiance to Disney via fading nostalgia. And if you want more Sam Wilson, just pirate his show, it's as good as it ever was and continues to be.

[pandoraheadcanons]

Josh Izzo Q&A from today's Omaticon 2024 panel!

There will be new content supporting the franchise throughout the year

JimCam personally reviews every piece of outgoing lore/content

The lore books are being updated with running changes when vigilant fans point out mistakes in the text/lore

Spider was not the first human to be born Pandora, though there are only a few Pandora-born humans do to resource constraints. Spider was born about 4-5 months before the Battle for the Hallelujah Mountains

The inclusion of "Spider's Adoption" in Jake and Neteyam's song-cord's is CONCEPT ART, and not canon (seen in an Instagram post from Deborah L. Scott, costume designer)

Josh would love to one day cover the time of the First Songs

All moons are named after characters from Greek mythology, Pandora's closest moon is Cassandra

His favorite characters from A2 are Kiri and Ronal

Expect a new 24" Payakan plush and a breaching Payakan statue (with lights!) on Shop Disney!

Different clans have different Iknimaya rights, and getting a banshee is not always the end-all goal of different clans' coming-of-age rituals.

There is a ritual around an akula hunt

All the main family's banshees are still at the reefs, just chilling in the mangroves. This lead to a discussion surrounding a "Banshees playing poker" image based off the "Dogs Playing Poker" image

Some leaders obtain more "political" sway and influence through their actions and state of their clan, such as Tonowari being highly respected among the various reef clans

Still no official confirmation of Neytiri's banshee's name, though remember Zoe has a name for it that is used on set

The "feathers" we see are NOT feathers, and are actually....scales! They were picked for their aesthetic and cinematic design, and officially they are scales. Do with this what you will.

Aonung is the son of both Tonowari and Ronal, so that debate on how the line was said can be put to rest.

Josh knows the gender of Ronal's baby, but cannot share it.

The souls we see in the Tree of Souls and other places exist as a "static backup," as if they were in an archive in Eywa-net. Memory-reliance, and conversations hold no permanent state in the "mind" of the deceased. They "live" in memory moments, a mote of memory. So, every conversation will begin afresh, with the deceased oftentimes not being aware of their death. This will happen every time, and there is no permanence.

There are new comics in the works, expect 2 between now and A3. They may feature movie-related lore.

The old lore is not canon, and lore-rebuild is constantly on-going.

He would love a complete map of Pandora "one day"

There will be more live and interactive experiences coming

They (Disney/Lightstorm) sometimes reach out to companies, though companies will also reach out to them. Merch is carefully constructed.

Finally, when asked on his thoughts on the fandom he said that we are "the kindest, nicest, understanding, and gracious fandom."

[ifthesewings--couldfly]

My Long, Spoilery Review for Inside Out 2

Despite me having decided to wait for Inside Out 2 to drop on Disney Plus before seeing it, the quantity of clips circulating on social media made it absolutely impossible to stay spoiler-free until the next three months or so, and since critique and public alike seemed to really like this movie, I decided I wanted to see the whole thing before I got spoiled for good. I know I probably played the Big Mouse Game by doing so and I’m not happy about it, but from a storytelling standpoint, Inside Out 2 did deserve to be enjoyed as a whole.

‼️ATTENTION SPOILERS AHEAD‼️

The movie is as good as everyone makes it out to be. The new emotions didn’t feel like they came out of nowhere like I initially thought (except for Nostalgia, which I found forced and mildly annoying) and the new concepts, like Riley's Sense of Self, are brilliant. One of my favorite scenes was Joy visiting the place where the Sense of Self is kept along with Sadness. I liked how the topic of Anxiety was handled in a non-clichy way, and how she wasn’t made to be the villain, but in the end, she turned out to care about Riley just as much as Joy and the other emotions did. The only reason why she bottled them up was why she genuinely believed they were getting in her way of helping Riley. The pacing of the movie seems a little fast as first, but the idea of setting it during a three-days hockey camp is the perfect timeframe for the story they wanted to tell: a new situation, but still, not one that could have consequences in the “real world” if you get what I mean. I found it to be the perfect scenario to tell how things that might seem “the end of the world” to us, in the end are not actually that serious. In the end, this isn’t one of those movies that makes you say “I like the sequel better than the original” but rather “this continuation is so natural, it feels like first and second movie are two parts of a whole.” Pixar is building a way more solid franchise than anything Disney has done recently - I consider the two studios two separate entities - and if this level of quality is being kept, I actually wouldn’t mind an Inside Out 3.

Now, for the things I liked less.

The emotions were too “personified” if this makes sense. I didn’t like the fact that emotions can somehow feel emotions themselves (e.g. Anger stating that “He can’t always be angry”, or Joy stating that it’s hard for her to be positive all the time). I didn’t also like the fact that emotions can apparently have feelings for each other. I perceived an unsettling intention of pairing up Riley’s emotions from the creators of this movie. Sadness with Embarrassment, Joy with Anger, heck even Fear with Anxiety (“I can change her”? Really?) I don’t know what the creators were trying to do here. Non-canon ships are fine, they’re the soul of every fandom, but when they’re being fed to you by the creators themselves, it comes off as weird. Disgust simping over Lance Slashblade was a fun gag, but trying to imply the emotions could get together as couples was really not. And speaking of forced things, I feel the inclusion of mixed-technique animation to be somewhat forced and proof that both Disney and Pixar are falling behind in terms of technical innovation. At this point, it’s clear they they are no longer the standard for Western animation.

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5

[drivingsideways]

Drama Review: Painter of the Wind

 I can see this is considered a queer classic for good reasons- sageuks regularly have cross dressing characters, but they rarely, if ever, commit to a queer love story, especially between women, the way this did. The drama had a really strong base- incredible premise, a chance for really intense and dramatic queer romance- but it only delivers about a third of that promise. I'm aware that Moon Geun young is everyone's fave, but she just didn't do it for me as Yun Bok; though she was heaps better than Park Shin yang, whose stockbroker soul energy lowered every scene he was in, or Moon Chae won, who's gorgeous but whose monotonous line delivery was some kind of lullaby. It didn't help that the mandatory political plot featuring many old men talking and talking and talking dragged down the drama in the second half- I freely admit fast forwarding through most of episodes 14-20, stopping by only for the scenes between Yun bok and Jeong-hyang, because I really was watching only for that. Barring a few scenes, most of the drama felt pedestrian;  utilitarian dialogue- as though the writers were afraid to let poetry and passion into a story that is fundamentally about passion- and truly uninspired direction do the rest of the damage. I can't help but wonder how this book/ story would have fared in better hands- writers Kim/Park, where are you!- if anything, the show makes me want to get my hands on the novel, which I suspect, had things to say about art and identity and love that were way more interesting than the show manages. Having said that, I do believe the rather open ending was interesting- and a bit of a relief- even though I didn't feel that the show earned it, not really. Anyway, I would rec it for those with some patience and an interest in queer classics or if like me, you're tired of the Netflix/Disney tripe being shoved down our throats of late. Despite its flaws, there is a comfort in watching dramas that belong to an earlier, more heart-ful era of tv, and Painter of the Wind feels real in a way that many current shows do not. ps. i know the chances of a remake are zero, but a girl can dream. Kim Tae-ri, where are you?

[mydearestbeloved]

Woo, done with chapter 6. Always love the POV shift bc that means I get to see how people view reader as a queen she is 🥺. I love when writers are good at fighting scenes. And yours is so thrilling 😤😤. Is her scepter a transformative weapon of some forms? And it can be changed to any type of weapons or is there a limit? I actually really want her to use a scythe 👉👈 bc… imo it fits well with her whole gardener/farmer thing and her being associated with the cycle of life and death, like a soul harvester/grim reaper type beat. (tbh reader’s Disney princess vibe along with her being a hunter and… and silver energy thing is giving Artemis than Persephone to me and I’m not complaining here 🤭)

Speaking of soul harvesting, I’m in love with the fact that you give her butterflies as summons and not bees and make them harvest mana/lifeforce bc irl, a butterfly called Purple Emperor avoids flowers and instead, preferring rotting animal corpses exists, kinda like reader’s butterflies here 👀.

Also, I reread your answer to my one of my previous asks and there’s this part about “lifeforce” and you said reader can “accelerate cells”. That means she can manipulate life energy to some extent, right? Do you think in the future, she can make living tissue going out of control and exploding with energy, making it looks like she’s setting things ablaze? Like overloading foes with so much life energy that they literally ignite? (maybe she can do a Riptide like Childe, “chaining” foes and making a firework show out of them 👀)

(the video that inspires this ask)

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Thank you for sending your review, my apologies for the very late response! 🙏💞

Now onto your review:

Fighting Scenes in Trial Player AU

Thank you! I’m glad you find the scene thrilling enough. To be honest, I have trouble writing fast-paced action scenes. However, I knew what I was getting into when I decided to write a Solo Leveling fanfiction. Even though it’s a romance story, since the events are still linked to canon, I can’t avoid canon fighting scenes forever. So, I put more focus on the emotional aspect (mostly regarding the changes from canon) rather than describing the physical fights in detail, since those are already fleshed out in the novel/manhwa/game/anime. I’ll attempt to be more descriptive when it comes to Trial Player AU’s original fighting scenes, but I’ll still avoid writing large-scale battles too often. 🙏

Trial Player: [Dreamer]

You could say that TP!Reader’s scepter is a transformative weapon. However, its transformative ability is more centered to her forging skills. Remember that she has to manually level up her skills? For forging, she has to learn weapon structures from the inside out. Learning to fight with them helps her understand them better—their design, strengths, weak points, and so on. But since training with different weapons is separate from her forging skill (and there’s no specific weapon-related skill that can be leveled up), she doesn’t dedicate too much time to them. There are also other skills that could be more beneficial depending on her current situation (e.g. crafting, since knowledge of materials can be applied to other skills like forging, alchemy, etc.).

Her specialty is magic in the first place, but her experiments with different weapons have at least made her decent at using them. This also affects her decision to use a wand-type artifact most of the time instead of, say, a grimoire. While she could whack someone with an enchanted book (and she will if the situation calls for it), the rod part of a wand-type can be fortified and has a shape similar to spears, length-wise close to a sword. It also allows for freer movement compared to shields, enabling her to parry at the last second and giving her time to adjust if she’s forced into close combat.

Why a scepter? It's just one of those things you can’t quite explain—even without knowing of its positives and negatives, it just fits. For readers, this can also be seen as a hint for future revelations. 🤫

Since her scepter has a stronger foundation than normal mage-type artifacts—rivaling even high-impact melee weapons—it’s sturdy enough to hold other shapes. TP!Reader just needs to focus her mind, and then her magic, into it. It works like her teleportation skill: put your mind into tangibles, and then voila. That’s why knowing the weapon she wants to use is crucial first. Otherwise, she might create a bendable spear, a sword that breaks easily, a gun that explodes on itself, a shield that cracks like glass, and so on. Has she ever used a scythe? Most definitely—especially given her connection to plants. Other future symbolism will follow.

Trial Player: [Butterflies]

Her butterflies are extensions of her, so if we don’t see TP!Reader using capabilities she is implied to have, the children will show glimpses of them since they also have separate preferences.

Eeee, I didn’t even know about the Purple Emperor before you mentioned it. I know some shades of blue are considered purple, but purple is purple—and who has a purple aura? Our very own male lead ASDFGHJKL 😍

The coincidences are uncanny, and I love it! ❤️

Also, thanks to you, I now have the Purple Emperor as a core inspiration for one of the butterflies—not officially introduced as of Chapter 23, but soon! Thank you so much for mentioning them 🙏💕

Trial Player: [Chronomancer] & [Lifeforce Manipulations]

As for living tissues going out of control—by a different definition, speeding or slowing them while other functions remain normal is also considered ‘going out of control,’ right? TP!Reader can already do that, though it’s more based on time magic. A related topic includes speeding up the bone marrow’s production of blood, which would cause the heart to pump more blood through the body at high speed and tension. Since the volume would increase too fast with little recovery time, the body might not be able to contain it anymore and just burst—in theory.

Will I make this work in Trial Player AU? Maybe. 🙃

By the way the story’s going, yes, there’s a huge possibility in the future that she can manipulate life energy more intricately. As for flooding a target with life energy, I haven’t thought of them igniting per se. Exploding from the inside, on the other hand, is in line with Trial Player AU’s mechanics of lifeforce. Since lifeforce also maintains the body and mortal beings are born with a set amount, depleting lifeforce can cut one’s life short. So I don’t see why overloading someone with more lifeforce than they can handle wouldn’t make their body explode.

While it’s not exactly setting things ablaze, let me raise you another idea: how about flowers popping out from one’s body? If TP!Reader gains the ability to manipulate the lifeforce of different beings down to the last detail, what happens when she floods her target with lifeforce not of the same species? (If the same, then the explosion scenario would happen.) The body would likely adjust to the altered essence.

In real life, the body might overexert itself trying to eliminate, recover, and then adjust to the foreigns if forced into long-term exposure. Best-case scenario, they adapt with minimal effects. Worst-case scenario, they might just adapt by creating a horrifying mutation of an adjustment, since their body isn’t built for it normally. If magic exists, then it’s possible for that monstrosity to be perfected instead, in which case, new functions could take over.

So, for example, if a goblin were overloaded with the lifeforce of Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed), then flowers might start growing from the inside, breaking through the skin until the goblin’s body becomes a flower bed. The remains of the living make good fertilizer too. 🫢

As for Childe’s Riptide concept, the only kind of “chaining” I can think of right now is TP!Reader possibly utilizing others’ life energy—which, in analogy, would be like seeing normally invisible lifeforce as tangible threads. Weaving them (which could also be interpreted as manipulating them) would make it possible to connect one person’s lifeforce with others’—and then cut their lives short all at once. This is inspired by the Moirai, or the Fates, from Greek mythology.

I don’t think fireworks are TP!Reader’s usual style. That’s more like the butterflies’ thing (see Red’s blood-petals in Chapter 23), maybe Gale’s and/or Neonie’s.

Anyway, targets that die this way (lifeforce cut-off in an instant) likely wouldn’t feel pain—they would just die seemingly without warning.

This is different from how the butterflies work. If you think about it, the butterflies torture their targets with a painfully slow death—mentally through illusions, while their bodies are devoured and their essence is essentially used against them.

Similar like the Mother who utilize spoils of battles for future use, the children also use the victims as a form of entertainment flairs, turning their remains into props for what feels like a farewell party—theirs.

[ —As voracious and vicious as they are unassuming and beautiful. ]

[toptophat]

Top Hat's thoughts on the FNAF movie (Spoilers)

I thoroughly enjoyed it! Smiled throughout the whole thing

As a FNAF fan, seeing some key moments from the games as well as acknowledging the fandom (e.g Game theory's MatPat and The Living Tombstone's iconic song at the credits) made my jaw drop

FNAF veterans such as Dawko enjoyed it so that made me optimistic

The animatronics were replicated perfectly and the entire set for the restaurant is just too beautiful

Scenes such as the break-in, while not exactly scary, were still intense enough to keep me invested

Unpopular opinion - I kinda liked the pillow fort scene, it was cheesy but it could be seen as the animatronics trying to gain Abby's trust to lure her to be stuffed into a suit. Also I'm jealous, i wanna make a pillow fort with them 😭

And here's where I'll address (some of) the main critiques people gave to the movie (references: anything in the media that would link to this in a way)

"The movie wasn't scary at all, it should've been gory"

Yeah, I agree, even though I got shocked a couple of times (like the balloon boy gag) it wasn't really terrifying

But honestly, after watching countless "playthroughs" as a kid, you start to realise... The games were never that scary in the first place

To be honest, the only thing scary about it was actually some areas in the fandom (you know who you are..)

I'm aware that FNAF was never for kids, no matter how many elsagate vids were made on it. So it would make sense for it to have blood and gore. It definitely would've made scenes like the spring lock scene more traumatising to look back at

You know what else was expected to be more adult oriented? Cuphead's Netflix adaptation. While I understand that both of these beloved franchises could've been adapted to be more adult, it can also be noted that the Cuphead show is actually accepted by the fandom as while it did have a rocky start with S1, it showed that the writers were testing the waters to try something new, and by S2, they had a better idea of what they wanted, and a lot of people fell in love with it. While it would've definitely been cool to see more gore, it wouldn't improve the movie automatically

"The movie doesn't follow the original lore"

While, yes, it would've been cool to see all theories confirmed by Scott himself during the film, it's also good to remember this: they're called "adaptations" for a reason

Many popular franchises, when adapted to the big/small screen can experience changes in the known story and lore as a way to bring this fresh new start and perspective, they never aim to continue or tell the story again when it wasn't necessary in the first place (*cough cough* Lion King 2019). Last time I checked: Luigi wasn't the one who gets kidnapped by Bowser (SMB23), Cuphead never lost the right to his soul due to a carnival game (TCS), The Echidnas never had beef with freaking owls over the master emerald (The Sonic movies)

Let's be honest here, Scott may have made FNAF, but all the popular fan theories wrote the story, so everything is kinda messy. Maybe this was Scott's chance to rewrite everything, to start over and stray away from the messy lore that others made, MatPat seemed to be cool with it, he was even in the damn movie!

While, there have been times when repeating the same story makes it stale and repetitive (Disney), Changing important elements of the story (Also Disney) can make it unfaithful and pointless, so I understand that.

The changes that were made in this movie were interesting, making Vanessa, Afton's daughter could add more impact on the whole Vanny thing as she's been around this horrible man her whole life. Not making Mike, Abby and Garrett, Afton's children doesn't really deepen the personal connection and conflict between Mike and Afton so it'll be interesting to see how that one goes especially with Circus Baby now that Abby has no real connection to Afton other than that one encounter

Also I heard from one review that the movies take more inspiration from the books, but I don't have enough knowledge on the books to elaborate on that argument

Unless there's some weird twist, which is highly unlikely, I'd love to see how they develop these newly established dynamics if there are sequels being planned (pls make more, I need to see how this goes)

Besides, like I said, often, the first movies, seasons etc are there to experiment, it has the potential to improve in each new installment. For example, JJBA, it took until around parts 3-4 for Araki to have a better idea of what he wanted it to be.

Conclusion

That's about all I really have to say. I understand that many had high expectations going in and, who wouldn't? It shows we value ourselves and that we want to experience things that are worth our time. People are not obligated to love everything and don't have to agree with everything I said. I personally found the movie to be enjoyable and worth my time, and, while i know it lacked in some aspects, who knows?, as it progresses, opinions could change and if we get more of the revamped FNAF, then, we could see if it changed for the better or for the worse. And while first impressions do matter, it won't always be the same impression moving forward (for people who liked and didn't like the movie)

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk!

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Friday, November 1st

Willow: She couldn't've dressed up like Xena?

~~Halloween~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

but now this room is spinning while I’m trying just to fill in all the gaps by FanFreak611 (Angel, T)

Life sang the refrain of love by ohrevienssoleil (Giles/Jenny, T)

nobody’s coming to save you, get up. by elliez_only (Buffy/Faith, G)

One Aeon Stand by thawrecka (Glory/Illyria, T)

A Well-rounded Diet by Sweetbutnutty (Buffy/Spike, G)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Shadowed Suspicion, Chapter 348 by madimpossibledreamer (Ensemble, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure crossover, T)

Death's Champions, Chapter 31 by Khatix (Faith, Harry Poter crossover, M)

Rebehold the Stars (Love from the Other Side of the Apocalypse), Chapter 19 by asokatanos (Emryslin) (Buffy/Spike, T)

A-Z of Sex, Chapter 26 (complete!) by KatyAmberAuthor (Buffy/Giles, E)

Firebell in the Night: Chapter 42 by TheLightdancer (Willow/Tara, E)

What A Fang-tastic Night! Chapter 3 (complete!) by Anonymous (Connor/Dawn, E)

Full Circle, Chapter 2 (complete!) by Anonymous (Buffy/Angel, T)

You're a Beautiful Person, Chapter 1 by firagasauce (Willow/Tara, M)

Whoa! Not What I Expected! 2, Chapter 1 by danu40k (Xander, NCIS and The Sentinel crossover, G)

The Neighbor's Point of View, Chapter 143 by the_big_bad (Buffy/Spike, PG)

Loop, Chapter 3 by simmony (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Me and the Devil Blues, Chapter 4 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

The Metamorphosis of Moonlit Shadows: Chapter 1 by SlayrGrl (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Soul Searching, Chapter 1 by CheekyKitten (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Way Out, Chapter 1 by simmony (Buffy/Spike, R)

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: Giles by amylen-doodlebug (worksafe)

Artwork: 🦇🩸The Vampire Slayer 🩸🦇 by nerdfromthenet (Buffy, worksafe)

Artwork: Faith is very normal about Buffy by sideartblog999 (worksafe)

Artwork: Putting all the Buffy Halloween ladies together :) by Waiting for October (Buffy, Willow, Cordelia, worksafe)

The Sims: Buffy, Oz, Tara and Dawn by Nostalgia Sims Things

Wallpaper: Episodic art for BtVS 3х06 “Band Candy” by revello-drive-1630 (worksafe)

Cosplay: Buffy Halloween costume by loseremzo

Artwork: caleb art by bubbyusagi (worksafe)

Artwork: Buffy and co by bubbyusagi (worksafe)

Cosplay: Vampire Willow by Spirited-Mess5382

Cosplay: Finally Got To Be my Hero! [Buffy] by helloelysium

Cosplay: Spike and Dru 🎃♥️ by out_in_wonders

Cosplay: Little Red Buffy Hood by Nocturnal-Nycticebus

Cosplay: My 1970s Spike costume by SuccADucc

Cosplay: 1970s Spike Costume by Good-Commission-6541

Fanvid: SPIKE | EVIL ( btvs ) by 𝖘 𝖆 𝖒

Fanvid: Spike and Buffy || From Eden by Angel

Fanvid: Buffy Summers || Inbred by Angel

Fanvid: Angelic Face | White Flag by Chloe

Fanvid: Blondie Bear | Here With Me by Chloe

Vidlet: that’s so true I buffy summers by Moon Edits

Animated comic: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Episode 21 by Game Series

Video: Buffy the Vampire Slayer opening credits animated with REAL plasticine by Joseph Brett

Video: Buffy & Spike - The Odd Couple l BTVS Humor by Buffy & Spike Channel

Video: Editing Spike and Buffy's in-jokes | BtVS Older and Far Away S6x14 by DragonViviPlayz

Video: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Revival Season 10 Episode 22: The Ends Not Near Its Here (P2) by Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chosen

Video: Disney Channel Ribbon era: Buffy the Vampire Slayer next bumper (FANMADE) by lovinthelawn

Music: Buffy The Vampire Slayer LOFI ▲ Halloween Lofi by Epic Game Music

Music: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme Song Cover by JGOMUSIC

Music: A Buffy Tribute | Buffy the Vampire Slayer cover by CarnivoreWerewolf

Music: Buffy and Angel Themes | Orchestral Arrangement by Christopher Fraser

From the Archives: African Portal Demon - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 7 Episode 15 by Christopher Burdett

[Reviews & Recaps]

Video: Get it Done Slayer-Sunday by Jane Talks Buffy

Video: Buffy S03E06 "Band Candy" Spoiler Review by LGRN - Entertainment

Video: The Problem with Season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Spica

Video: Will You Be Slaying Tonight? Buffy the Vampire Slayer Eps 1-3 by Jaymes Mansfield 2

Video: Buffy The Vampire Slayer [movie] - Brothers Not Lovers by Davy Is Awesome

Video: Spuktober #03: Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Paper Street Comic Company

Video: Buffy was Mythtaken—Leprechauns DO Exist in Sunnydale! [Fear Itself] by Fairy Tales and Fangs

Video: S4E11: Doomed by One Girl in All the World

Podcast: Buffy The Vampire Slayer 1992 (Andy Chose This Movie, Duh) by Fried Rice Podcast

Podcast: Buffy's Angels: Through the Looking Glass by The Franchise: A Film Podcast

Podcast: Episode 070 - Goodbye Iowa by Boys Watching Buffy (several other episodes were uploaded as well)

Podcast: New Moon Rising | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 4 Episode 19 Review by Hellmouth Hotline

Podcast: Buffy's Angels: The Weight of the World by The Franchise: A Film Podcast

Podcast: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 4: Episode 10 - Hush by The Cheshire Kiwi

Unhinged: Agatha All Along by Once More by A Rewatch Podcast

[Search & Recs]

New Spuffy Fanfic Recommendations continued with multiple recs from multiple posters

Looking for a fic? [anything set post-canon dealing with long-term repercussions and consequences of the end of "Chosen", ideally with established Spike/Buffy and a minimum of new apocalypses] by Hannah

[Community Announcements]

The 2024 I Will Remember You Fic Marathon has officially begun! by I Will Remember You Marathon

Welcome IWRYFic class of 2024! by I Will Remember You Marathon

[Fandom Discussions]

Love the way Spike goes on and on about how much he can’t stand Angel in s5 while also going out of his way to seek out Angel’s company by thequeenofsastiel

Hang on, how the hell did Wesley recognize Spike? by thequeenofsastiel

There’s something about the way Spike says Angel’s name that makes it feel like a term of endearment by thequeenofsastiel

They really should have come up with a better reason for Spike to not go to Buffy once he was corporealized by thequeenofsastiel

Spike actually looks genuinely concerned when he’s talking to Angel in 5x02 about Angel working for Wolfram&Hart by thequeenofsastiel

Anyone else notice how rare it is for Spike to use someone’s name when he’s talking to them? by thequeenofsastiel

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Rewatch thoughts and questions [Welcome to the Hellmouth] continued by multiple posters

So little makes sense - does S5 have the weakest written Big Bad storyline? continued by multiple posters

First time watcher finally finished the show [AtS] and I'm updating with some thoughts!! by SnooPoems3080

Hollow stake by Dry-Dragonfruit5216

Just finished watching season 1 for the first time. Here are my thoughts so far by Diego1993FM

When did Spike start to love Buffy? by ChemistAlert9149

Right line, wrong character by Tuxedo_Mark

Made it to Episode 7: Angel. I think I’m officially hooked by The_Fullmetal_Titan

Andrew appreciation post by moses616

Remind me why Angel is worth watching? by mistakeghost

How do you guys think Buffy would be like if she got turned into a vampire? by user230224

Can we get some appreciation for the Yoko Factor by Forgottencupofcoffee

Which season had the strongest opening episode? by sKullsHavezzz

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