#he seems like a fun dude

[alexbutrandomthoughts]

Orv Side story spoilers

So i read the explanation on whatever the hell is happening in the side story and I'm a bit confused about one part

If Lee Hakhyun is reincarnation of 49 (well the biggest part anyway) what happened to 51? Is he gone gone? Did he also shatter to tiny pieces? It is not revealed yet? Someone h e l p

Also cannot fault 49 for not wanting to fuse with 51 man bro got dismissed hARD in the original (i was wondering about that while reading) no wonder he doesn't want anything to do with this

[chloesimaginationthings]

that old mannnnn damn you draw henry so well

Shout out to Henry Emily, I love drawing him old and depressed

[thisisadonaldduckblognow]

all the rise boys get done dirty on characterization by fandom in different ways i think. (not ALL the time every fanwork etc etc these are just like, trends i tend to notice?) every fandom suffers from losing character nuance.

- leo i’ve talked about plenty on this blog, how some of his canon traits (genuine belief in his skill and cockiness, capacity for joy, his manipulativeness whether for good or ill) seem to get watered down or wiped off the board and supplemented with generic sad boy. his struggles with purpose and identity and not wanting to fail somehow morph into “he hates and completely holds no value for himself”

- donnie’s canon personality gets blurred out and largely replaced with whatever list of Neurodivergent Traits. and i think there’s such a fine line to walk between exploring a character that’s been word of god confirmed as on the spectrum and overwriting what’s canonically there. it’s a hard needle to thread. it also feels like a lot of his canon emotiveness gets left off the table for some reason. bc he does have his moments of flat/deadpan delivery, but a lot of the time he’s honestly very emotive. he has the passion of a theatre kid and the vindictiveness of... also a theatre kid. and the mind of a scientist.

- raph loses so much of his rowdy teen boy energy it’s kind of wild? like interpretations sand off that he’s also impulsive and can be reckless and dumb and LOVES fighting and roughhousing and isn’t the most eloquent person. suddenly there’s this pitch perfect soft boy big bro who would never hurt a fly and always says the exact right supportive thing and singlehandedly raised his 3 brothers (which simultaneously sands off all the nuance of splinter’s issues emotionally connecting with his sons and how that affected all of them). and like i LOVE raph, he’s so full of love and care and anxiety, he clearly has learned to put a lot of work into being aware of his strength and size. but there’s a difference you know?

- mikey is like. where raph gets overparentified by fanon, mikey gets over “family therapist”-ed IMO. the impulsiveness, the goofiness, the powerful emotions including a VERY powerful temper, the flat-out dumb teen boy choices... they get ignored. suddenly there’s this only very sweet and earnest boy who has read a hundred psychology books and runs group family therapy weekly or something. he is crying in his room bc leo and raph are arguing about something. which is so. he IS very sweet and can be very earnest and is full of love! he HAS come in with his opinions and unsolicited advice a couple of times and life coached for the greater good. but there’s a difference between what he does in canon and the role he gets in fanon.

[moeblob]

Argenti! I might not be playing rn but I love him and I've only seen people being salty lately so I wanted to give us a pretty guy to look at and appreciate with no drama.

[dreamydelite]

empty glory

[vaguely-concerned]

lucanis truly has a near terminal case of burned out golden child syndrome. caterina fucked both of these kids over so incredibly bad with the dynamic she enforced there, with illario being labled the perpetual fuckup kid where lucanis 'could do no (would never be allowed to do) wrong'. the way he admits in the first coffee date scene that the only thing that happened when he showed he could carry the weight of expectation was that more weight was added makes me so sad. you can hear it in caterina's voice in his intro mission that she's incredibly proud of him, but this is clearly a leandra and hawke situation where that pride never translates into relief or resolution or unconditional warmth or understanding or anything that really helps.

[sluckythewizard]

FIIIINALLY almost nailed my designs for lizzie and caspian can i get a HEEEELLL YEAAH???? i think these two make a vvery cute duo and i cannt wait to see them again. i also hope they both get hurt reaaaallly really badly. togeter

[mewkwota]

It wasn't until I joined Twootor that I realized people had the hots for Omega-Xis. In hindsight, I shouldn't be surprised, but I never really considered it back then. Think of this like an "Ah I see..." moment.

Btw I'm not shaming any of you, just know I see it and I understand.

[the-tongues-touched-in-1988]

THE clip. you know the one

[starry-skies-writes]

When the possessed dude was leading Sol Regem towards Katolis why didnt Sol Regem question the length of his flight—?? Just flying in the clouds for probably, what, an hour??? Even though the sunfire elves must be a few minutes away???

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

i can't tell if i'm just not paying attention or if mouthwashing just doesn't make any sense

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

So I made an account over on Bluesky a few days ago (I'm piratecaptains over there, come hang out with me!) and it's pretty great. I love getting to interact with people who are mainly on twitter and who I mostly only know from ao3. It's awesome and fun to get to make new fandom friends and enjoy art I've never seen before.

But because I'm new there it's taking some time to figure out how to build up filter lists and stuff for the new site, and as I've been looking for new OFMD friends, it's...surprised me how many people who just don't like this show are still so active and loud in OFMD fandom spaces. It's not the majority by any means! But it is indeed a very vocal subset of a minority.

Everyone has different ways of interacting with media. That's fine. For me, I like canon discussion pretty much exclusively. That's no better or worse than someone who likes to make their own fun with shipping and making up headcanons for side characters. But my blocks and filter lists over here are so extensive that I'd missed what's apparently a common trend among that loud minority of fans who are still sticking around despite having nothing good to say about the show at all, which is...

They'll say that they were rooting for Izzy over Ed and Stede, and they just want to focus on Izzy, and at that point...honestly, I don't think you like the show. It's okay to not a like a show for whatever reason, but if you're watching OFMD and you dislike that it focuses on the relationship between the two main characters, this is more of a "going to the hardware store and getting mad that you can't order a burger" kind of situation, y'know?

[fiona-fififi]

...

[bacchuschucklefuck]

assorted thoughts 1/when sklonda mentioned getting drinks with sandra lynn now and then I straight up cheered I was so scared for her social life being so overworked 2/straight up have no judgement on the whole ratgrinder situation on account of being a whole grown man. Im not getting into beef with fictional teenagers let them sort that out among themselves 3/sprak levefre

[vaguely-concerned]

the way gideon's voice goes so much higher when he's really scared or upset....... just the image of big hulking gideon cradling twig's tiny limp body in his arms while sounding like nothing so much as a scared teen boy and looking around at the others almost pleadingly... why this tho. why must this be. why would you hurt me like this

[sofarsogoodsowhat]

AUUUUGHHHHH MY HEAD HURTS SO BAD