#fight reference

[mmmeso]

trying to move more towards greyscale for my longer comic projects, heres a bit of practice

feel free to use the pose as a reference :)

[harfblarf]

Still-live article from Nov 18th 2023 ^

Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) version of the above article

Unfortunately I was not able to find the OP's linked BNN article on Wayback (may just be because I'm bad at operating the wbm).

Additionally, please note this is not the only article on this topic. I am only adding this one for ease of reference.

I’m really glad that Aaron’s self-immolation for Palestine is getting attention, but on November 8th there was also a Congolese man who did the same thing for the genocide happening in the DRC. From what I read in the article above, his fate and identity are unknown but I think his story should be getting equal amount of traction and I haven’t really seen anyone talking about it on Tumblr specifically yet.

[cubbyhole-for-flea-bee]

Macaque spent the whole season Big-Damn-Hero-ing and was NOT happy about it xD

[literaryvein-reblogs]

words for your fight scenes

Breathe

draw, expire, heave, inhale, puff, suffocate

Catch

intercept, tackle

Climb

arise, ascension, mount, scale, surface

Cut

amputate, ax/axe, bisect, chisel, cleave, crop, cut up, dent, dissect, engrave, etch, fell, hack, lacerate, mangle, molt, mutilate, notch, peel, scar, scratch, shave, shred, slash, slit, trim, whittle

Dispose

boot, chuck, disposal, dispose of, do away with, elimination, kick out, rejection, scrap, throw away, void

Drop

alight, crash, decline, descent, dive, droop, duck, fall, flop, fumble, go under, keel over, light, percolate, plumb, plunge, sag, settle, sink, slump, stoop, submerge, suspend, thud/thump, tumble, wilt

Hide

ambush, bury, camouflage, conceal, cover, cover-up, cringe, disguise, dissimulate, embed, ensconce, envelop, isolation, lurk, masquerade, palliate, screen, seclusion, sequester, shrink, shut off/shut out, sneak, withhold

Hit

applaud, bang, baste, batter, beat, blindside, boot, buffet, bunt, chip, clash, clip, clout, collide, concussion, crash, cuff, deflect, drive, flail, glance, hammer, jab, jostle, knock, lick, nail, peck, plaudits, pound, punch, rap, scourge, slap, smack, sock, strike, swipe, tap, thud/thump, tip, whack, whip

Hold forcefully

apprehend, cage, clasp, clinch, confinement, constriction, cramp, detain, embrace, enslave, fetters, grasp, gripe, hold, incarcerate, overpower, press, shackle, snatch, strangle, throttle, wrestle

NOTE

The above are concepts classified according to subject and usage. It not only helps writers and thinkers to organize their ideas but leads them from those very ideas to the words that can best express them.

It was, in part, created to turn an idea into a specific word. By linking together the main entries that share similar concepts, the index makes possible creative semantic connections between words in our language, stimulating thought and broadening vocabulary.

Source ⚜ Writing Basics & Refreshers ⚜ On Vocabulary Notes: Fight Scenes (pt. 1) (pt. 2) Word Lists: Fight ⚜ Pain

[waterthatsmoe]

First years shenanigans

Bonus jack

[theresstilltime]

okay yall... ive watched so many. SO MANY. edits on tiktok. and the brainrot has reached my hands. i might even draw more [():] wild stuff

[charcoaldustonmyfingers]

Me, a fool: It would be cool if TOTK brought back old Zelda enemies!

Me, later: I take it back I take it back I take it back

Something about the hand shaped enemies in Zelda games give me the absolute heebie-jeebies. I hate them so much. They freak me out man, it’s legit bad for my heart!

So here’s an artistic interpretation of the first time I came across those damnable gloom floormasters in game. It was like every creepy hand enemy merged into one nightmarish abomination come to haunt me. Link almost met the goddesses that day…

See if you can spot all the references!

[bbbbbbbbatman]

Gotham has so many rogues and most of them don’t actually cause that much trouble in the grand scheme of things, so other than the really big ones, like joker, news about Gotham rogues can get pretty muddled outside the city which leads the JL to believing that Batman and Manbat are the same person and that their colleague sometimes turns into a giant bat monster but they don’t bring it up bc they think it’s a sensitive topic

Which eventually leads to a scenario like this mid combat when they’re getting pretty desperate:

Green Lantern: I know we’re not supposed to talk about it or whatever, but it would be really helpful if you could turn into a giant bat right now, spooky

Batman, having zero context for this comment, pausing mid fight to look at Hal like he just grew a second head: What the fuck are you talking about, Jordan?

Green Lantern, suddenly much less confident: Um…you know how you…turn into a giant bat?

Batman, utterly bewildered, turning to the other members but finding that he is clearly the only one out of the loop: what is happening right now

[harfblarf]

This isn't an accident or stupidity. This is a threat. It's designed to menace potential protestors into silence. The protests threaten the blood money our politicians and institution leaders line their pockets with, and so they are creating ways to silence them and manufacture cause for arrest.

Oh my god???????

[ursiday]

The Lackadaisy mini-episode was so cute I loved it 🥲🥲

[batbabydamian]

Damian locks himself in his room for the rest of the day. Continuation to this!

bonus:

[egophiliac]

Hello ! I positively adore the running joke of Idia unknowingly finding Lilia to be the coolest guy ever whenever he doesn't know it's him, like when Silver described his father, or obviously with muscle red. I can't say what'd be funnier, Idia finding out his online best friend is actually Lilia, resident spooky hyper fairy; or them both never finding out, and it'd become even more ridiculous as time goes on. How do you think it'll play out ? You're always so on point

(Also, though it makes sense, I'm still devastated bat boy didn't get a ticket for the Halloween skeleton train : ( does anyone mentions him at some point ? Like how he'd have fit right in with all those Halloween town little freaks, and how he'd have impressed them with his spooks and scared techniques; after all he's been every Briar Valley's children worst fear on Halloween for centuries. I'm on the eng server and I didn't wanna spoil myself by watching the whole thing on youtube)

Have a nice day !

you and me both, Idia and Lilia being oblivious online BFFs (+ Idia being incredibly intimidated any time Silver brings up his jock gamer dad) is my favorite running joke/subplot. 🤝 it's SO good, to the point where I also am unsure if I actually want it to ever be resolved or not...maybe, like, as a post-canon stinger or something? everyone's standing around covered in overblot ink, and Idia and Lilia's phones go off at the same time...

(legit I do think this is part of why Idia couldn't be present for Lilia's dream, because for some reason Lilia decided he was going to just. embody his past self online. he probably quotes his own battle strategies or whatever in the middle of boss fights. Idia didn't pick up on the whole "oh how weird that we both live on a super remote island" thing, but he would spend thirty seconds listening to General Lilia describing siege warfare and be like "w-wait")

all that aside, however it does end up happening, I do see Lilia being very blasé and all "oh! cool!" about it. y'know, taking it very much in stride! and Idia...very much not.

(can't tell if tumblr is going to chew this into illegibility or not, this will be a fun surprise ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ)

as for Lilia sadly missing out on Halloweentown shenanigans...he does get one little mention as part of an offhand reference to the light music club, but so far no one has brought up how this basically is just Lost In the Book of Liliatown (Sebek's been too busy yelling about not getting to be in the same group as Malleus). 😔 honestly though, it's probably for the best that he got left out, because he would just settle right in and refuse to ever leave. canon would shatter. we would miss out on all the delightful angst of episode 7 because Lilia is too busy eating poisonous shrubbery inbetween practicing his very best screams, and no one can pull him away from it.

(I can hope for a sequel next year though...)

[harfblarf]

Circling back to this post to talk to myself abt this subject, because it's genuinely very interesting even from what little I know/have experienced.

I think it's important to keep in mind that no small part of this division, the lines that mark where copyright is and isn't real, is a matter of enforcement. Enforcement, under capitalism, springs from Perceived Profitability; as with any law in a capitalist society, it is only enforced as much as the parties with power think it can benefit them. Free access is allowed only when capitalism doesn't think it will profit from metering it; if it can profit from it, it will claim control over that access, and call you a thief.

Case study: anime. In the U.S. in the 80s-00s (at minimum; I would need to do more detailed research to set a specific timeline), anime was almost entirely community-procured, community-curated; in those circumstances, copyright was similarly treated as either fake or irrelevant. Access under the restrictions of copyright was usually nonexistent, and fansubs, illegal VHS copies, and eventually fansites were the dominant mode of access for anyone in the U.S. who wanted to watch it. Quality of copies and translations varied wildly, and the shows U.S. anime fans had access to tended to be very limited-- but that pool continued to grow as anime fans remained passionate and interested. No one expected their bootleg copy to be "legitimate" or pay the original artists, and no one really thought about it.

But that passion and interest tipped anime (and manga) into the Profitable category, and companies swooped in. It was exciting! Real companies were handling real deals with anime studios. Professional translators were being paid. More shows were getting dubs, and dubbing anime was becoming a viable, specific career. Manga hit bookstore shelves. USAmerican interest in anime was being solidified and spread via advertising. No longer was it a niche hobby quietly traded in the corners. How cool!

This is the trick of capitalism. You are legitimized and recognized when you are profitable, and people tend to crave recognition and legitimacy. This is the underlying logic of rainbow capitalism, and why-- even for many who know better-- it has an undeniable pull, a deeply personal sense of relief and security. The only people who have authority under capitalism are those who can be sold to. The only people who are desired are those who can be sold. Both desirability and authority are things people crave; that's how people are convinced to play both customer and product.

When anime became 'legitimate', piracy and fansubs became a threat to profit, and they were reshaped into a moral negative. Genuine love and passion for the art was weaponized against fans: "if you love it, you should respect the artists who made it. The only way to respect the artists is to pay them. Do you really want to be a thief?" Some established fans didn't buy in to the false dichotomies, but things like crunchyroll and netflix had money and power and authority, and fan spaces were reshaped as new fans outnumbered the old. The changes came gradually; many community spaces still taught each other to dodge ads or passed around old files and YouTube links, bitched about low-quality dubs and translations that changed the meanings. But gradually, failure to use "legitimate" channels to access anime became a source of shame, a sign of selfishness, to seek it without paying the toll, to prioritize your own enjoyment over honoring the artists. Once-loving jokes about janky fan translations and sketchy fansites slowly became more mean-spirited and disdainful.

Crackdowns on and legal threats against fansites, fan translations, and illegal copies chased the people involved into the shadows, took away their tools, and scared some out of the work entirely. Communities fell apart. Jokes about sketchy fansites were replaced with serious warnings about the dangers of piracy sites, and not without reason-- the crackdowns discouraged many, both those who wanted access and those who supplied it, so the sites offering it had every motive to drag as much profit and use out of their users as possible before getting shut down, and users did not have better alternatives. Support for community teams dropped, and interest and engagement in their projects plummeted. Translating and subtitling was intensive and fairly technical work, working within limited software and often with limited experience and linguistic skills. For most manga translators, it also required connections overseas, to get clean digital copies of the works they wanted to translate. Studios and artists alike began directly expressing distaste for rips and fan translations when they partnered with companies for translations. Artists are told they are being stolen from when someone loves their work enough to translate and share it with a wider audience, even when no official translation exists or is even planned.

Curiosity and love of stories is seen as a crime, if you aren't paying a middleman for your access. Challenging that narrative is treated as a betrayal of your community and the art itself. That goes for more than just the anime and manga communities.

Copyright is a legal cudgel wielded to protect a corporate entity's "interests"-- that is, their profits. Conflating copyright with the Artist, with protecting, preserving, or respecting their work-- it's a scam. It's marketing. Corporations and companies will do everything in their power to utilize copyright law against artists and take every penny they possibly can. This is undeniable. It's why Disney lobbied for copyright extension.

But it's also the sole legal tool artists are allowed in places where copyright law is taken seriously. They need its limitations if they want to have any shot at making a living creating their work. It's the only thing that can inflict any consequences on someone claiming credit or ownership of their work. It's the only shield small artists have against companies stealing and using their work without pay. For many artists, big and small, this sole, crappy legal protection is the difference between surviving as an artist and being forced out of the field. So they uphold the system, even though the true beneficiaries would just as soon see them starve.

When I said "I want that" about a copyright-less world, I meant it. Copyright sucks diddlydick, it crushes creative freedom, it hurts artists far more than it helps them, and it only has any decent function under the assumptions of a capitalist society. But it is also crucial to acknowledge why it exists, why it is held up as a golden rule in some places but not others, and how that happened.

If we want to be rid of copyright, we have to change how the entire system treats artists, how it treats people at large, because the few protections copyright provides are the ONLY protections most small and independent artists have. Blowing up a wall only to crush people under the rubble isn't good either!!

What's funny to me is that nobody cares about copyright outside the US and maybe, I dunno, Canada and Europe? For the entire third world, it's something we politely pretend is real so we don't hurt their feelings, but it's probably the fakest and less upheld concept here, absolutely nobody cares.

Some yanqui says something deranged like "um, uh, yeah, you should pay for every time you play a song otherwise you're stealing" and we just pat their head and say "claro que sí tesoro" while we download 15 GBs of movies and the local pizzeria has a mural of like Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny to promote it.

[ks1971]

Tears o'er a tin box Oh, Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know Like a chicken with a fox He couldn't win the war with ego

close-ups below

[starry-mang0s]

First ref for art fight done!

[voidheartkisses]

sheep are very jealous