#dude has no charm

[asheanon]

Also, this gives me major Vance vibes... Vance is a dude I really need to talk about more. 🖤 (Looking through music for my other guys inadvertently led me here, sorry. Haha!)

Think of him as kinda sorta (it's complicated) being the big baddie of Anon (my personal series and where Sal comes from!) Dissidia translation: Nat, Sal (and a few others) would be tossed in by Materia and Vance would be brought in by Spiritus. His role in the Dissidia story is also very neat and something I'd like to write as well...!

I can just hear this music with this scribble too. It's so good...

[teehee-vibes]

Hi guys. I’m behind on JRWI-Tober. Here’s my progress so far.

1) Riptide

2) Fave PC

3) Fave NPC

4) Campaign swap

[astrolavas]

random Hunter headcanon GO!

AHH OKAY one of my random hcs is that hunter's smile is kinda asymmetrical/lopsided/wider on the left side cuz of his scars, especially after thanks to them. i imagine they'd significantly pull on his skin and could even affect nerves and definitely some range of motion, so-

sorta like this:

[cogentranting]

I'm 75% of the way through Mansfield Park for the first time, and I want to grab Edmund and shake him.

(*I don't really know Northanger Abbey. I'll get to it sooner or later)

[sneeb-canons]

Soul is really good with kids. He's like a father figure and would probably get asked to babysit if they had friends with kids

Mind tries to be but they're scared of him. He's good at figuring out why they're upset but since he's not good at being "gentle" with the kids he's not really good at actually fixing the problem.

Heart isn't the best with kids but they're like an older sibling figure to any kids the trio has to deal with. Probably needs supervised because they will cause absolute fucking chaos

Headcanon #612

[bluejulius]

I like to imagine that Eret and Snotlout insult each other in between their make out sessions 👍

like this, anon?

prick (affectionate)

poor snotlout on his full tippy toes 😔

[venacoeurva]

Okay, but someone could STILL do something really, really funny

[synthshenanigans]

The Soul Eclectic has finally hit one mil on Spotify!!!!!

[disneynerdpumpkin]

Bert just being the best Disney character ever

[deus-ex-mona]

when the slowburn makes the ship extra cute~~~

[dark-elf-writes]

You ever look at a character that a large majority of people hate and know that they would hate that character so much less if it was a man and not a woman?

[msnihilist]

The Ben 10 writers are soooo unserious when it comes to writing relationships. They always make the woman perfect and flawless, and the man the bad guy if the couple fights as well as putting the burden of "proving" the relationship means something onto him, as well.

Like, the episode where Charmcaster and Darkstar hooked up is one of the most obvious examples of this. Darkstar is shown to be the undisputed bad guy in the relationship, for using Charmcaster for power, even though:

1) She is the one rushing into a two-day relationship with a teenager,

2) Charmcaster is a whole-ass adult, she's 22!

and 3) Charmcaster has killed people, why the fuck are you trying to make me feel bad for her because she got played by the minor she was desperate enough to throw herself at??

[vaguely-concerned]

hm. teia convincing viago to wear nothing but his gloves during sex at some point. is this anything.

(in addition to all the metaphorical/symbolic weight attached to the gloves and the powerplay involved I think we might also be operating on some 'naked but wearing socks is more naked than naked' shit with this one lol)

[sillimancer]

so I've been watching Bluey and I'm on episode 37/52 in series 1 so I feel like I've seen enough of it to have genuine thoughts (I skimmed the wikipedia page too)

the reason I started watching it was because of its reputation among millennials with kids who have been swearing up and down that it's basically free therapy for our age group. I'm definitely in the market to having my brain chemistry altered but after 37 episodes, I don't know that I'm there yet. there is still a lot of show left to go though, and some of the most-circulated clips I've seen on social media have been in episodes I haven't come across yet, so that is subject to change.

what I CAN say is that Bluey is objectively a very good tv show that 100% deserves its Peabody award. it's thoughtful, fun, and honestly funnier than it has any right to be. I've laughed out loud more than once. Joe Brumm made the show with the intention of it being entertaining for both kids and parents and he absolutely nailed that balance, I think. in that way, it's not a kid show; it's a family show. and I like that (and I'm pleasantly surprised by how well it works!).

I haven't been a kid for a long time so it's hard for me to put myself in the shoes of a child, especially in a world that is so drastically different from mine. I think this is the first kid show I've seen that prominently features things like smartphones. I know those shows exist--the new Blue's Clues is a good example of how things have been updated to suit modern audiences--but it's something that caught my eye as an Old Fart (in internet years). Not as a bad or good thing, just as a "wow I'm getting older and it's getting harder to relate to or even understand childhood" kind of way. Maybe that's why people want to be parents so badly. To reconnect with that. I can sympathize with that feeling.

the show focuses a lot on Bluey and her sister and friends navigating the world through imaginative play, which I love and has a solid backing in child developmental psychology. I actually just started learning a little bit about play therapy (I follow a play therapist on tiktok who kinda got me into it, I love her), so I feel like I've been getting a little bonus bit of enrichment out of the show for that. it's like when you're watching a movie that's partly in another language and you don't speak the language but you recognize it and can maybe pick out a couple words? it's like that.

I think Brumm really captured lightning in a bottle with this project. you can feel the love it's made with. the storylines are grounded with just the right touch of an almost magical or fantastical quality that really makes you feel childlike wonder even as a cynical and deeply depressed 30-something. There's conflict and mess, sure, but built on a foundation of safety and community, and I think that's probably what's resonating with (american) millennials. we inherited so much instability and pain from our previous generations that it's hard to believe a world or even a family unit like Bluey's could exist. parents who love each other? who are active in their children's lives? who apologize when they do something wrong? COULDN'T BE US!

all this to say I'm enjoying the show, it's heartwarming, it's charming, it's delightful, and I hope Joe Brumm lives forever. but it's also very much designed for children so like. I worry the millennial parents crying over this show on tiktok may be overselling it.

[blubun0309]

I will never shut up about how seriously downgraded Alastor got in the Prime show. He's just so much worse as a character compared to his pilot version it's genuinely upsetting.

Not sure if y'all remember, but Alastor was fucking unhinged in the pilot. Full on insane. That's why many of us loved him. He was crazy, no doubt, but he had so much charm to him. His charming nature but still crazy personality was what made him so intriguing to me. The voice filter, line delivery, and expressive animation, accompanied with the memorable (and quotable) lines, as well as his story and what he had done, are what made him Alastor, The Radio Demon. The crazy cannibal who had done such horrific stuff that even the princess of hell was uncomfortable with him, all while putting on a smile. The insane counterpart to Charlie's sweet nature. He was just straight up evil. Everything about him screamed DANGER, and it was fabulous. And his godamn smile. His smile that never ever wavered. His smile that expressed so so much, either for better or for worse. Ugh, chills, literal chills.

And then there's the new Alastor. Who has none of these qualities. He simply doesn't feel like a delusional cannibal who smiles at the horrors. He feels like a washed-up version of that. And, I love Amir, no hate towards him, but Alastor's new voice doesn’t feel as expressive or as bone-chilling as the pilot version. They try to make him intimidating, and yes, that one scene with Husk gave me shivers, but that's just one scene. Nothing about this version of Alastor feels like his pilot version. Sure, he can be a bit unhinged at times, and they clearly have more plans for him in the future of Hazbin, but it's all nothing compared to Pilot Alastor. If I'm being real, he feels more like a Tumblr sexyman attempt than an actual character. Only it completely erased all of what MADE him so attractive to begin with. He has edgy dialogue, some charm to him, and is pretty much morally grey through and through. That's it. It's not even remotely close to the level of pure insanity that the pilot Alastor had.

Pilot Alastor was evil, crazy, funny, a maniacal asshole who didn't care about anyone but himself and only wanted to help Charlie for the sake of his own amusement. Prime Show Alastor is just a poorly made Tumblr sexyman who completely forgot about what made Alastor so appealing to begin with. He feels like a shell of his former self.

Characters like Pilot Alastor are such an endlessly fascinating concept to me, and I'm just really sad that the Prime show fumbled such an easy bag. They had the foundation all laid out for them and failed in execution...

But I'm a Hazbin Hotel + Helluva Boss fan, so I'm used to important things falling ass over backwards like this.

[elytrafemme]

[ID: screen in Pokémon Black displaying six Pokémon in a party. The bottom text says: "Choose a Pokémon." The first Pokémon is a level 33 Dewott named Fool. The second Pokémon is a level 33 Stoutland named Cookie. The third Pokémon is a level 34 Krokorok named Falafel. The fourth Pokémon is a level 33 Cottonee named Dee. The fifth Pokémon is a level 36 Galvantula named Critter. The sixth Pokémon is a level 28 Litwick named Mercutio. End ID.]

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