#fantasy amazon

[cam-arts]

First mate'll handle it

[sloanegabe]

Lady Jane Grey & Lord Guildford Dudley in MY LADY JANE (2024)

[janrockart]

Demon queen Nezarah /commish from 2022/

[thequietesthing]

they officially cancelled My Lady Jane after only one season because it apparently “didn’t find a broad enough audience”. i’m disappointed but not surprised, unfortunately it’s just one more name in the very long list of too-soon cancelled shows with incredible potential.

[iwannadiearly]

One thing about the King and Queen of England is that they fell in love with a cat and a horse.

[anon-nee]

All That Glitters ...

is rarely ever gold. - drawn in collaboration with @blindmagdalena for her fic, "All That Glitters"

[thlaylisden]

Slaynatar...

[anda-korrado-housing]

In preparation for Dawntrail, my apartment received a makeover inspired by the Age of Exploration and private bungalows in the Amazon Rainforest. Open for visitors on Zodiark, Lavender Beds, 8th Ward, Room 36!

[ravenkings]

i think i can say this now without incurring the wrath of his stans, but i have to say i deeply, deeply resent how neil gaiman, for years, has insinuated himself into like every corner of the fantasy genre so that any newish edition of any mildly influential work of fantasy fiction written since like 1920 will most likely have a blurb or a forward or some evidence of his greasy fingerprints all over it

[youkaigakkou-tl]

G-Fantasy August 2024 cover + cleaned

WAAAAGHHHHHH ITS SO PRETTY 😭😭😭😭😭

[cam-arts]

something something typical Captain/first mate interactions

[b-tod]

THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA Character design TV series Young adults

I worked on the first 2 seasons of The Legend of Vox Machina, the animated adaptation of the popular Youtube roleplaying show Critical Role. Produced by Titmouse Inc, streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Mains characters and style created by Phil Bourassa. I created secondary characters, crowds, animals, monsters, FX and “damaged versions” of existing characters.

[janrockart]

Rise of the Necroqueen! Old pic of mine I still love

[ladyknight33]

I want the deep storytelling of multi season shows.

Streaming services can no longer be trusted with series.

Forgive the rant, but the streaming services have enraged me these past few years.

First they dare to call 8 episodes a season. Then they treat that season like a blockbuster film rather than episodic stories. And Disney insists on dropping a single episode a week rather than the entire block all at once.

Either make a movie or make an episode.

And they cancel shows just because they are not widely loved by the masses. Hate to tell you this, but there are genres for a reason. Not everyone likes the same kind of story. Nor is there any variety when Everything is generated for the masses.

If we are so lucky to get a second season, it takes an eternity for them to announce it and even longer to produce it. By the time the next season comes out, we've forgotten most of the plot or why we enjoyed it in the first place.

Fantasy and Sci/fi gets hit the hardest. We get fantastic shows and then no follow up on the deep storylines. A proper series allows for a long form of story telling, like that of a novel. A way to watch many different characters evolve and chase their dreams. Streaming services begin the process and then truncate the story, turning it into an edited mess for the sake of the 8 episode cut off. And then they cancel it with thousands of loose ends that could have been wonderful.

Netflix, Disney, Hulu, Amazon, none of them have the guts to produce long form media. If it is not an instant hit, they kill it. And to determine this, they have the nerve to compare scripted fantasy to "unscripted" reality. IT IS NOT THE SAME.

I'm tired of a hundred new scripted shows that get canceled. I'm tired of a hundred rehashed "reality" shows being renewed. I don't want the umpteenth iteration of Survivor/Bachelor/BigBrother. I'm actually getting tired of documentaries that have no narrator or path of story. A collection of stitched together interviews is not a documentary. It is a cheap way to make another reality show.

I miss being able to return to the same characters for weeks on end. Years on end. To watch characters grow, evolve, betray, redeem. I want to have the breathing room of idiotic little episodes or scenes within the grand scope of a great looming evil.

When so many plot points are thrust into a single 8 episode crunch, there is no time to truly learn about the characters. Ten minutes of silently watching the character wander through extravgant scenery is not building character. Jumping from fight scene to fight scene with minimal dialogue is not compelling.

The current trend has removed attachment to characters in favor of cinematic and CGI pretties. The shock and awe treatment in order to gain viewers works fine with reality shows, but not with epic stories.

I am disappointed in how every show I enjoy gets mistreated and canceled before it can tell the story it was meant to.

I want my long form entertainment back. I want stories that last 3-4 seasons of 20-26 episodes. I want shows that unexpectedly and pleasantly extend into 100 plus episodes or 15 seasons. I want that experience of watching an episode and falling in love and discovering the deep lore of multiple seasons.

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by あおこ@aoko_72

[iwannadiearly]

From lust at first sight to being his wedded wife. Oh Jane, wish we had your luck.