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i tried making a kirby food-themed AU some years ago too & honestly u are executing this concept a whole lot better than i did. one thing i would like to share is Kracko being made out of cotton candy & his spikes are the cones. & also i'm just a bit curious as to how you'd design a few other characters like the poppy bros or bosses from kirby's adventure =-)
aaaaa I love the idea! I miiiight have to tweak this design because I'm not 100% satisfied with it.
regarding your food-themed au, I would love to hear more about it if you're still working on it!
(other bosses under the cut)
with poppy bro and paint roller I got an idea on what to do. kirby's gotta get his cherry bombs from somewhere sooo I did this whole thing backwards and based poppy bro off of kirby's bomb ability.
paint roller is inspired by a gingerbread house and his paint is icing. I think I like this idea so I might not change it.
with other kirby bosses...yeah idk what to do with them. I already got dedede and mk, and with whispy I was thinking he could have candied apples, but that's about as far as that idea goes, lol.
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I read your posts regarding c3 and what could be done differently, and I’ve always thought the way they handled Bertrand Bell was weird. He’s only in three episodes, then dies — c3 was my first campaign, and I had no idea who he was before, nor sure why I should care . Emotionally he didn’t leave an impact on the other characters (although I love Fearne’s jazz monologue) or the audience who has seen him one time before. They use his name for their party name but then don’t bother to see his grave, or remember him at all.
His death also means that we are tied to the moon plot very early on with an emotional weight so it feels like the group have to follow that story thread early on, setting up the mystery too early which then becomes exhausting to the audience. I wonder if c3 would have been better off if they didn’t bother with him, or if Matt and Travis agreed to really wait a while before killing Bertrand off, when they actually want to escalate the plot (would have had accusations of ‘scripting’ but who cares if it’s better narratively.) I think if he died around when Molly died then it would have been stronger (maybe too close a copy of c2, but at least that worked?)
I think a planned player character death can still be shocking and dramatic to the other players who weren’t expecting it, but how c3 executed it feels like a nothing burger and a waste of time. I don’t really know what would have changed if we just had Chetney at the start.
I'm going to be totally honest: I disagree strongly and I think you are assigning blame to a completely wrong place. That doesn't mean that you can't feel this moment failed to land (though I think that too is a criticism more of the overall campaign) but the concept of having a character show up, be quickly killed, and be replaced by the actual character isn't a particularly new one, doesn't require you to have a pre-existing attachment to the initial character for it to be a fun concept. It also, in my opinion, did serve a good purpose and frankly Bertrand had, in his three episodes, a stronger and clearer arc than several party members who have had over a hundred episodes.
I may put this specific piece in a separate post because I believe it's a requirement for understanding the failings of Campaign 3 but: A lot of discussion positions Campaign 3 as the story of Bells Hells, who were ill served by the Moon Plot. This is, in my opinion, incorrect. Campaign 3 is the Moon Plot Campaign, in which Bells Hells are ill-suited characters pushed through said plot because they happened to be played by the cast members. And to that end, I think that actually, introducing the moon plot immediately was a good idea. The problem was that the execution of that mystery was very poorly done. Bertrand led the party to Eshteross, and was then not long thereafter killed by a group of people working to destabilize the Chandei Quorum on behalf of Armand Treshi, so that he could bring in the Paragon's Call as a means of reinstating order in Jrusar. This presumably would also help them because then they wouldn't have to use Jiana as a middlewoman for the shipments they were receiving via her in Jrusar, and would generally increase their power. Bells Hells found out this was happening and thwarted it, but Treshi escaped.
This is when the plot began to become a mess, and while there were plenty of further opportunities to right it, I think basing the entirety of the early campaign in Jrusar and Bassuras, and severely paring down what was done in Bassuras [probably a whole other post but I'd have had Treshi remain captured in Jrusar but give up the information, making Bassuras entirely a data gathering mission, thus freeing up a lot of time in Bassuras for personal errands and bonding time] would have fixed a lot of the issues.
Again, that doesn't mean the concept worked for you, but this isn't even rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic - it's complaining about the meal that was served on the titanic 4 days prior to them hitting the iceberg.
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I have screamed all my initial reactions at Kae already and I have also cried bc to be loved is to be seen ahahahah so I can actually yap a little more coherently now!!!!!!
I love that Kae always keeps me in the loop for nfs updates but I never actually see the content until they drop it! Even when Kae tells me little bit of their plans, I'm still blown away by what they execute. I had to pick my jaw off the floor with this one. Honestly, I'm still reeling.
When I requested celebrity!kmg and small business owner!reader, I didn't think we'd get this far 🥹 it just makes me so happy Kae loves this couple enough to keep writing more of them. I'll never shut up about being honored af that nfs is our middle child!
The moment I opened keep reading and saw how Kae did the format/structure(?) for this, I was blown away. Genuinely. They're known for their fantastic and creative layouts and I love that I will never get used to it cause Kae likes to experiment and push boundaries and surprise us!
nfs 3 isn't just a culmination of kmg and sweets' story, it's a testament to user xinganhao's storytelling and artistry! The mix is all here. Everything caratblr loves about Kae's writing, you can see it here! And i can say this confidently cause i've binged so much of their work! All the elements Kae is known for (both in their posts in xinganhao and ylangelegy) it's all mixed in here!
And to Kae: honestly, idk how to thank you enough for your work on this! Ever since nfs pt 1, im sure i called it a type of love language. The care and effort you put into making it special. I never thought i'd see our middle child turn into this amazing piece of work! (ofc i never doubted your abilities, you alr know im one of your biggest fans and i will gas you up forever) But it's just crazy how you turned my little fun thought about Mingyu selling out regnie pudding into one of my favorite stories and birthed one of our favorite couples!
I see how you're always challenging yourself! And you're so inspiring about how you always try new things and push creative boundaries! It's such an honor to get to collab with you any time. Forever kilig you like my ideas and enjoy my yapping. Thank you for always feeding my delulu with your masterpieces! 💖💍
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celebrity!mingyu and small business owner!reader. check out 🛒 not for sale's masterlist.
You can’t bring yourself to end the call.
Your phone is overheating. You’re below the acceptable battery threshold of twenty percent. And the dark-haired boy on the other end of the screen looks more asleep than awake.
You should end this call, but you can’t.
Mingyu doesn’t seem keen on ending it either. His eyes are drooping and his head has begun to loll every so often. He’d spent the first couple minutes of the call talking about his day— the seemingly endless rotation of engagements that came with being a celebrity.
Sometimes, it still strikes you as odd that this is the life you now lead. Being on FaceTime with somebody that hundreds, maybe thousands of people fawned over.
But you were friends… right? And friends called each other. Friends texted.
This is friendly, a small voice in the back of your head tries to convince you. So very, very friendly.
The conversation has since mellowed out. Mingyu makes good on his word; he falls quiet, observing your work like it’s some form of entertainment for him. At one point, you even forget he’s watching.
It’s why you’re a bit jolted when he absentmindedly mumbles, “You have nice hands.”
You pause in the middle of bubble wrapping an order. One cursory glance at your screen, and you see that Mingyu is absolutely fighting for his life to stay awake. The sight almost makes you smile.
“You should head to bed soon,” you say instead of addressing his compliment. “We’ve been on call for— what? Two hours, I think.”
Mingyu says something too low for you to catch. You give a noncommittal hum of ‘hmm?’, prompting him to repeat what he’d said.
And maybe he’s just tired enough to decide fuck it. Maybe it’s past midnight and that makes everything fair game.
Because Mingyu breathes out a quiet “not enough,” and you swear your something screeches to a halt in your brain. Two hours. Not enough.
You swallow. He’s out of it, you think to yourself, your fingers quivering a bit as you cut, tape, seal. He’s sleep-deprived and talking out of his ass.
That’s what gives you the audacity to ask what’s been on your mind for days now.
“Mingyu,” you ask, “why do you want to be an ambassador for Bittersweet?”
A beat. One that stretches long enough for you to wonder if Mingyu had finally succumbed to his exhaustion.
But then, his voice— quiet, but not any less sincere— rings over the line. “Because I like your jewelry.”
Plain and simple. You’re not sure why you expected more.
He goes on, his tone a little softer, slower. “I like what you’ve done with the business. I like… how hard you work. Your passion. All that.”
Mingyu pauses to yawn. You glance over to see him smiling into his phone, his half-lidded gaze trained on your hands moving over your workbench. It makes his next words a one-two punch on your poor heart.
“Your brand may be called ‘Bittersweet’,” he says, “but you’re as sweet as they come.”
EXCERPTS FROM "MINGYU opens up on being named Rising Star of the Year"
Q: Earlier this year, the Internet fell in love with you for being an ‘advocate for small businesses.’ You’ve seemed to take it a step further, though.
MINGYU: [laughs] Is that what they’ve been saying? I had no idea. But, yes— the pieces I have on right now are from a small business. It’s called Bittersweet Jewelry, and it’s something I found one day while scrolling through SNS.
Q: You didn’t know the seller prior to purchasing?
MINGYU: No, not at all. They didn’t even know it was me. I used an alias for a while.
Q: I see. A lot of people believe your support has been reflective of your personality. Being caring, considerate.
MINGYU: That’s very nice. I appreciate that. Although, if I’m being honest, I’m just a guy who likes good jewelry. I admire consistency, quality. [holds up his rings] These have it in spades.
Q: That’s why you keep coming back to brands like Bittersweet.
MINGYU: Sure. We could say that.
[...]
THE TOP FIVE SONGS MINGYU HAS BEEN PLAYING ON REPEAT LATELY
Love Me Like That by Sam Kim
Linger by The Cranberries
Tadhana by Up Dharma Down
If You Do by GOT7
LMLY by Jackson Wang
[...]
Q: What do you look for in a partner?
MINGYU: Now, Minghao… [laughs]
Q: Sorry. The readers want to know.
MINGYU: I’m never going to escape this question, am I? Give me a minute to think about it.
Q: Sure.
MINGYU: [after a moment] I’d like somebody dedicated and passionate. Someone sweet. And…
Q: And?
MINGYU: Someone with nice hands, I guess. [smiles]
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re: your tags - I am dying to know about your Wade’s sister!reader x Logan fic, omg that sounds so fun 👀💖
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omg hi j!!! @eupheme (gonna tag you in case the ask post doesn't do it)
i actually have two wade's sister!reader x logan fics in the works! i hope you don't mind me sharing both~
the one i was referring to in my tags is called "dusk till dawn".
summary: vanessa is kidnapped, so while wade runs off to save her, he assigns logan to be reader's bodyguard. however, they don't get along, but they start to fall for each other over time.
it'd be a road trip/motel hopping au with lots of banter, sharing one bed, tension, angst, and steamy moments of course 👀
i'm taking inspiration from some of the moments with logan and mariko from the wolverine (2013) movie!
i'd love to share snippets, but it's really in the draft stages right now!!
second fic i have is called "can't help myself" (title tentatitive)
summary: wade only has one rule for logan: his sister is completely off-limits. but of course, logan never plays by the rules, and you couldn't give two shits about what your dumb-ass brother says.
this one would be more of a fun fic!! just like messing with wade but also having fun with logan and lowkey falling for him too
lots of dialogue, especially with wade, smut, fluff, etc. just a vibes fic
wouldn't be as long as the other fic - i wrote quite a bit for this already! here's a snippet of the intro:
“Don't look at her,” Wade paces around his apartment’s living room, listing the things Logan, his new roommate, should avoid when he meets his sister tomorrow. “Don't breathe in her presence, don't even think about her, and especially don't—”
“What, ya gonna tell me I can’t fuck her next?” Logan cuts in with an amused chuckle, reclining on the living room couch with a hand above his head.
“Yes, bingo!” Wade exclaims, pointing at him excitedly. “Exactly that, you geriatric sexy vampire. Or should I technically say vampire hunter?” He pauses, wondering for a moment.
“Anyways,” he continues, “you can have any woman you want in this new universe—hell, I’ll cry my heart out every night after my evening jerk-off seshes, but you can even have Vanessa—but my sister? We’re gonna have a repeat of the Honda Odyssey fight, Wolvie, and that won’t be a pretty sight to see.”
“Okay,” Logan replies, getting up from the couch and heading toward the kitchen. “I’ll make sure to fuck your sister until she forgets the fact that she's your sister. Got it.”
“Hey!” Wade smacks him on the back as he’s bent over, trying to grab a beer from the fridge. A low growl escapes from him. “I’m being serious here.”
“When are you ever serious?” Logan asks, popping off the beer cap with his thumb.
“Now! I am being serious now.” Wade’s voice rises before he takes a second to compose himself, closing his eyes and inhaling slowly. Logan watches him carefully, sipping his beer.
“Please, Logan,” he barely whispers, avoiding eye contact.
The silence, punctuated only by Logan’s sipping, feels uncomfortable and heavy. Finally, Logan lets out a sigh.
“Fine,” he grunts. “I won’t get involved with your sister.”
Wade breaks into a relieved smile and extends his pinky. “You promise?”
Despite Logan rolling his eyes and shaking his head, he ends up hooking his pinky around Wade’s, sealing the deal.
Except Wade doesn’t see Logan’s other hand behind his back, with his middle and index fingers crossed over another.
#eupheme#cee.q&a#logan howlett x reader#wolverine x reader#i think i overshared but i'm always game to share what i'm currently working on ahhh#on top of that i'm currently working on that wade fic that i got inspired from your post!!#i love working on ideas but executing them?? we shall see.... HAHA#thanks for being interested j!!! <3
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Finally done with the fullbodies for all three of these characters for a new project! I’ve been working on these designs for the last couple of months, and I’m super fond of them and excited to write more about them 💚
#fractalized#fantasy#character design#dnd#(ish? this started out with a forgotten realms setting but is rapidly moving away from it the more i work on it)#illithid#oc#original#digital#salira#velglovax#naltrin#maybe i actually work on this for nanowrimo#maybe i actually DO nanowrimo instead of using it as a weapon against my artblock like i did last year LMAO#its nice having a brand new creative project#all my other stuff feels stale and heavy and ive been so wrapped up in wanting to execute my ideas perfectly since ive held onto the#onto them for so so long#theres just too much baggage on my other projects right now#so#new thing time!! :D#anyway#expect a lot of velglovax art. i am in love with him.#FJDFNJDGNIDFSKC
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Every day I am haunted by the fact JJK could be amazing but it will be just idk Bleach or something
#I've seen a lot of people complaining about the fact that it's impossible to fit the ending of every unfinished arc#in the five chapters that remain for the manga to end for good#And it all just... legitimises my fear and apprehension haha#And it's a pity! It's a pity! The dynamics were so good! And yet nothing! Sukuna was so good! And yet nothing!#It was so nice how he seemed to play with the idea of transcending human categories and values but even the values of curses so to speak#Well beyond everything. Well beyond positive/creative nihilism even! He was not like Mahito#I wonder if Mahito is more a negative nihilism with a funny edge or a positive nihilism. For now it seems positive#with how he seems to have said something like 'nothing matters so we can do whatever we want and create what matters'#But Sukuna transcends all that! It could have been interesting to see how that developed in a way that wasn't just childish edginess#But no. And then there's all the idea of curses and sorcerers not being all that different#and so not really entirely possible to say one side is good and the other bad#There was the idea of the very source of powers with fear and love playing a role here in such a juicy way#And then there's the entire thing happening with Gojo as a concept and the very concepts he plays with which I could eat like an apple#but also I would let those very concepts eat at my heart as a worm inside an apple#Full of holes and rotting inside out and yet delighting at the sweetness#It could all be so good! And yet! Most of the manga is a few sketched dynamics and concepts and a very long fight with Sukuna#promising half finished arcs#WHY it could have been so good. And I don't think criticism is a matter of 'fans being spoiled! Go write your story!' or something#It's not a matter of things not going as fans would want them to be. It's a matter of not writing well#or cohesively things established by the author themselves. And I think that's a fair criticism#If we are to take manga as an art‚ which I wholeheartedly support‚#then we can subject mangas to artistic or literary or whatever you want to call it analysis. There are works that are better constructed#than others‚ and there are works that have good ideas but poor execution. And it's always a pity#In the case of JJK it's truly breaking my heart and the comments I see around about these five last chapters are not helping xD#God it could be so good. So good. And I'm not talking about in specific to me‚ which yes that too given the topics‚#but just so good in general. It could be so good. It could have been so good#And yet it's starting to look more and more like any other shonen. It truly breaks my heart haha#I talk too much#Jujutsu Kaisen#I used Bleach because I think that's one of the mangas that has been the most a let down to the friends I have who like shonen
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I really appreciate the response! I think this is really interesting and there is a lot I agree with, but I kind of want to start off by clarifying what I mean in the tags because re-reading them I realize it was a bit muddled.
I disagree with Schnee's argument that the themes aren't clear or at least his argument that they aren't simple. I can easily simplify Jayce and Viktor's arcs and conflict down to a couple sentences and they are all very interesting on their face, but I do have issues with their execution. In some ways, I do agree with Schnee that there are ways in which the conflict that is conveyed can be overly complicated or unclear, especially when it comes to Viktor.
Like you said Viktor's arc is fascinating. The base idea of what his change and conflict is about is tragic, but my core issues are that so much of it is skipped over due to time that a lot of the tragedy of his arc is dulled for me with certain beats feeling incredibly rushed and the show itself doesn't seem to have a clear answer for how much the hexcore was influencing Viktor and how much was of his own free will.
My personal interpretation is that Viktor dies in the bombing and when Jayce brings him back with the hexcore parts of him are altered, primarily his connection to his emotions like his empathy, which allows for Viktor to justify his "improvements" without looking at the deeper consequences of his actions unlike in season 1 where the negative consequences stopped him. This allows for the hexcore to manipulate him more subtly without pushback from Viktor.
When Viktor is shot by Jayce that moment is meant to push him over the edge and lose his faith in humanity. He gives himself over fully to the hexcore. It's only through Ekko breaking through the hexcore's hold on Viktor that his humanity is able to show through again.
And even that interpretation is something I came to after hours of thinking about it and re-watching the season. I haven't seen a single person have a clear understanding of what the balance is and I don't think the show does a good job of conveying that balance in this season. In the first, it's very clear and easy to follow, but the second season loses that clarity to me.
I think there are aspects of a character that should be up to interpretation. That's part of what makes characters interesting and talking to other people about media fascinating, but in this case it doesn't feel like the vagueness was intentional to make you ponder the idea of free will.
My next point is that while I absolutely love the last interaction between Viktor and Jayce-- it's genuinely one of the beats in the finale that works the best for me-- the line "You've always wanted to fix what you viewed as imperfections..." rung hollow for me because that's not what we're shown in the first season.
Initially, Viktor is driven by his ambition and desire to improve lives. He wants to be a part of technological progress, but that technological progress that we're shown before the reveal of his sickness isn't rooted in fixing imperfections. It manifests more in tactile tools for making work easier in the fissures (the gauntlets and the laser) and improving trade between Piltover and the world through the hexgates. Even when he starts working on the hexcore it's not out of desire to remove imperfections.
He eventually moves to self-modification not out of an initial desire to remove "imperfections" but because he's learned he's dying and hasn't left the legacy that he wanted. I think you can argue that the scene where he runs for the first time is the shift in this belief-- and I can definitely get behind that-- but again that's after everything else that's happened. It never felt like it was Viktor's goal from the beginning.
I want to make it clear that my issue with that final scene isn't the intent. I love the message that the final scene between Jayce and Viktor gives about Viktor's disability. That is a beautiful message to have. My problem has to do with its framing.
I could definitely be missing something! If other people have a different interpretation of Viktor's arc or the balance between Viktor's free will and the hexcore absolutely feel free to counter me. I would love to hear it.
Wow... that was really long. You apologized for the essay I am definitely worse. Haha. I do want to address your criticisms before I finish though. (whoops it's getting longer)
I felt the same way you did about the shift away from the conflict between Vi and Jinx. Their story is very emotionally affecting on a personal level for me and this lack of relevancy is an issue for me and the show in a few ways. There are 3 main reasons I think this is ultimately an issue.
1. The show doesn't pivot away from the civil war between Zaun and Piltover (the story Vi and Jinx are intimately tied to) to the conflict with the arcane (The conflict Jayce and Viktor are tied closest to) very well. It isn't until episode 6 that they really shift to the arcane as the main conflict and by that point it's more than halfway through the season and there isn't enough time to explore this the way I felt like it needed to be.
Like you, I also believe the Zaun and Piltover plot doesn't get a satisfying conclusion. They didn't even make it clear that Caitlyn gave her seat to Sevika. You have to just see that she's in the same seat as Cassandra was in the first season and somehow infer that's what happened. This could have been easily remedied with like a 2 second fade from Caitlyn standing at the seat to Sevika if they were really pressed for time.
While I do love episode 7 and I fully understand why people would argue it's the best episode of the show, I wasn't a fan of how much it simplified the conflict between the two cities. It placed so much of the blame on hextech rather than the complex societal and systemic issues that it was really rooted in. (that the first season itself showed us was the root cause!)
2. I do want to be a bit fair and admit that I think part of the struggle people had with the shift away from Vi and Jinx's conflict was a marketing issue. Both trailers emphasize the fact that this is an end to Vi and JInx's story. The first trailer especially focuses on the sisters, their conflict, and the brewing civil war between Zaun and Piltover.
It straight up says in the trailer that this is the end of the sisters' story, which really makes it seem like it will come down to them, but that wasn't the case.
3. this one is something that Schnee does state in his video and that's the fact that the conclusion to the sister's story isn't tied into the conclusion of the main conflict. Vi and Jinx's fight against Warwick doesn't have an effect on the outcome of the battle at all. They could both die in this battle or they could win and it wouldn't change the outcome of the conflict at all.
Jinx is a bit more understandable because they have her arrival with Ekko changes the tide of the battle against Ambessa completely. Caitlyn would have died and Piltover would have lost if she didn't show up when she did. And it's her dodging the beam meant for her that makes it so that Ekko doesn't get controlled by Viktor and can save the day.
But Vi is the one that's a bit more egregious to me because she doesn't do a single thing to effect the outcome of this conflict at all. She's another soldier on the battlefield. One we care about, but not unique in her contributions at all. If she wasn't there the outcome still would have been the same and that's an issue to me.
If the conclusion to the sister's story was more important to the conclusion to the story as a whole I think it would have been easier to accept the way the story shifts to being centered around Viktor and Jayce's conflict.
The last point I want to address that you made is the fact you didn't like "how Jayce immediately chose violence after coming back instead of trying to reach out to Viktor like he did eventually".
I also agree with this point. I will admit that, while I liked Jayce's half of episode 7 and the end of Jayce's interaction with future Viktor, I felt like it made me more confused about why Jayce immediately shot Viktor upon arriving at the commune. His conversation with future Viktor doesn't tell him the only way to stop Viktor is to kill him, it instead has Viktor telling Jayce that he's the only one who can show him the truth of his actions. Which... how did Jayce get "Viktor has to die" from that conversation?
I can understand Jayce feeling like he has to Kill Viktor or the people at the commune if the victims of Viktor's "glorious evolution" had been attacking him the entire time he was there or future Viktor told him that present Viktor would never see the error of his ways until it's too late, but that wasn't the case. Again, I could definitely be missing something.
I do genuinely like what they did with Jayce. The idea that your dream that you fought so hard to make a reality brings about the opposite outcome of what you wanted and you now have to destroy it is incredibly fascinating. I think many people, myself included, can relate to having a dream not turn out the way you wanted or you've had to let it go. It's something that's difficult and genuinely compelling. It just had some noticeable bumps in the execution for me.
I know a lot of this was criticism, but I think a lot of the things I pointed out have a positive side to them as well. Viktor's story, while muddled in a few ways, does present a lot of interesting themes and ideas. The sisters' story does get a lot of fantastic focus in the second act which I absolutely loved. I adored being able to see them as sisters again. I already pointed out what I loved about Jayce's story.
It's just that nagging comparison to the first season that did everything so perfectly that makes the missteps of this season that much more noticeable.
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I actually think this video is really interesting. Not because I fully agree with it (there are a lot of points in the video I don't agree with and a lot that I do), but because I appreciate its intent.
I also fall in the same boat where I really liked the second season, but I didn't love it like I did the first and I appreciate that this is a video that wants to start a conversation. He wants to talk about why things didn't necessarily work for him, why it didn't seem to have the same impact as the first, and about how he wants to hear why those things might have worked for others.
So much discourse about this season has framed it as either the best thing ever, above any criticism, or the worst thing ever with no redeeming qualities and it's made it very frustrating and demoralizing to try and talk about it online.
I want to talk about how I loved aspects of this show and that I was also let down by certain aspects of the show as well, but anytime I try and talk about criticism it's rarely met with a genuine conversation.
I would love to hear how people interpreted things differently from me, why they felt that way, how it connected with them, because I feel like that's the purpose of stories. It's never going to resonate with anyone the same way and there may have been things I missed.
I also know I haven't always worded what I've wanted to say and my criticisms the way I want to get across what I mean. It has never been my intent to sound like I wasn't open to discussion, different interpretations, or counterpoints. I would like to actually talk more about this season and hear other people's thoughts as well.
#sorry for the very long response#I had a lot of thoughts#and I felt like what you put forward was interesting!#if anyone disagrees with my points or I missed something#please feel free to disagree#I want to hear other perspectives#some things that didn't work for me#might work for someone else#or maybe you had an interpretation that I didn't#I could have missed the mark on a few points#Viktor especially is a character#I don't think I have a firm grasp on#and I didn't relate to him in the same way#I know many other people did#which I think brings a different perspective to his actions#that I would have missed
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The device theory by Molly stars is my lord of the rings.
#GOD ITS SO FUCKING LONG BUT I LOVE IT#the idea of the game being a sort of device to me is completely canon because it works so well and its cool as fuck#very similar to how Oneshot and Off executed the idea of you connecting to a world through a program#but deltarune is going yo take that concept as far as possible i think#darker. yet darker even.#GOD IM SO FUCKING EXCITED FOR THE NEXT CHAPTERS#RAAAAAAH I FUCKING LOVE META NARRATIVES#I LOVE CHARACTERS HAVING THEIR REALITY SHATTER AROUND THEM AND THE DECONSTRUCTION OF VIDEO GAMES AS A CONCEPT#Also the idea of darker yet darker referring to creating fiction within fiction and blurring the lines of reality is so fucking cool#idk but visually it evokes the image of silent hill 2 in the prison when your repeatedly descending down stairs/holes#the idea of going further and further as you lose grip on whats real#also the idea of a character (probs Dess) being stuck in the physical game code is such an awesome idea#watching the community go from “oh hey undertale 2!” to “oh god what the fuck is happening” is fantastic#deltarune just has such an eerie undertone to its story its fucking wonderful#even when its bright and happy the moment you dig deeper it starts becoming genuinely unnerving#sorry i love deltarune#random rambles#deltarune#the device theory
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withdrawn, stoic character having a moment of softness in a fanwork: !!!
withdrawn, stoic character being their usual emotionally unavailable and awkward self in a fanwork: !!!! :)!
#does this make any sense. it's like#neither one is bad. I do still enjoy examples of the first when you want to see some cute indulgent material#but I also really love when a creator pulls back and resists the urge. keeping them IC and frustratingly repressed#this sometimes happens in canon works too#I'm sorry. people who've been following me for a while probably thought they were free of me criticising the mv19 adaptation#but I have something to say again about them having made snufkin too nice from s2 onward#yes his interactions with toffle and the woodies earlier in the series were sweet#yes I like the idea of snufkin being a secretly very nurturing guy despite the rest of his personality#no I didn't actually want to see that from the show. because it was out of character for him to be that overtly sentimental and patient#also I am picky#there are some things you prefer to see only in brief concepts and hypothetical scenarios but not actually in execution/canon. you know?
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WRITING WIP THINGS I HAVE RN:
big bro au of course (trying to plot everything out before writing first draft)
a thing with henrik being born/having to navigate his 'new' life/taking care of jackie (this one is kinda cool imo)
i keep trying to write a thing where jameson steals cigarettes from jackie and they start to bond while jameson is desperately trying to adjust to being away from anti. BUT IM STRUGGLING WITH IT
i also have a few things written for a jackie/jamie compilation of disjointed writings, sex scenes, emotional intimacy scenes, etc that i want to post to ao3 but i only have 2 things written so we'll see
i have a vision to write a thing about jackie and jameson starting to have sex and jackie is like FUUUUCKK HENRIK CAN NEVER FIND OUT ABOUT THIS and meanwhile jameson is like!! yippee!!!! i love sex with jackie!!!! not knowing how stressed jackie is about henrik being mad at him
darkiplier and jamie au...........i havent written much for it but its half sex and half depression and trauma and misery. sometimes it mixes together
i STILL NEED TO WRITE THE ANTI AND JAMESON HOTEL AU (if u remember this u get a gold star) i need jameson to cheat on anti with wilford and i need anti to fight dark in a seedy underground ego fighting ring that mark and jack set up with other creators and make it as fucked up and gross as possible. i have Ideas yall
#i have other ideas that i havent worked on/touched yet#mostly little one shots like dark meeting anti at his house to help him 'defeat' jack or something and he meets jameson#also i might do one where jameson gets taken by dark to the Iplier Compound where he lives for like a month or two#mostly an excuse to write ipliers cause. i have a soft spot for all of them#AND THE BIM TRIMMER VAMPIRE EATING DISORDER IN LOVE WITH DARKIPLIER FIC. I NEED TO WRITE THAT SO BADLY#i love u bim trimmer. and you DID hear me right he becomes a vampire and yes he and dark have sex. i have a Vision ok#anyways. many thoughts no time to write everything immediately#and i dont have the skill either to execute some of this shit. i am like an entry level writer here#but id love to get really good :) maybe if i do a sideblog for writing ill reblog some prompts and do some warmups??#ego posting
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I think the fundamental part of growing up re: Anne of Green Gables is that Gilbert Blythe is such a good idea but Lucy Maude didn’t spend enough time on him to make him a fully real person.
#I love him in the first book#and I think there are real flashes! But she kind of won’t … give you any more of him#and listen. It’s complicated because I LOVED them so much growing up and I think genuinely their romance taught me a lot about life and lov#the idea of it is so right and good#but in this case the tv series is better I think because he’s more of a real person#Lucy Maud was (imo) a little scared of men and romance#and her execution of Gilbert is that she forgot to give him enough to be his own person#like she just didn’t put in the work#the readers of Anne of green gables did!! And they’re so valid for that#Like I have this whole meta I wrote about him once and it is honestly such a good meta and I think it gets to the heart of the idea#but the execution just isn’t there. Especially with time#She was deeply uninterested in doing any underground work for his character so he isn’t terribly real#you know who made me realize this? Coach Taylor lol#well. Coach Taylor and Emma#And listen it’s not like Gilbert is actually evil. He is NOT and what is there is good! But it isn’t technically artistically enough#for it to endure#idk I’m not explaining it well also I feel mean even saying it#But I feel like I’m allowed to because I DID love them so much and they were so important to me#and their love story gets something so right!!!!!! The shape is so good!!!!! I still got all of that#it’s just imo one of her limitations#like she had all the right instincts to make Anne’s partner his own person#Someone who sometimes pushes back#But#idk because like. I can still do all the work of it and fill in all those spaces and I want to#the romance in Anne of the island still has me in a chokehold!!!!!!#I LOVE pining Gilbert and the flashes there. because it almost disguises the lack of substance. But yeah it’s not what it looks like#Idk I might delete but#I just wanted to share
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I LOVE SUIKODEN SOOOO FUCKING MUCH
#im in gregminster at the end of the game rn and i love love loooovee being able to hear the upbeat town music just barely#beneath the melancholic wind sounds#suikoden ost you are everything to me no ost will ever top you#also i got all 108 stars babey B)#unfortunately got leon after doing the final army battle so i didnt get gremio revived which is APPARENTLY A THING THAT CAN HAPPEN???????#but i mean pahn died when he dueled my dad or whatever anyways so idk if id have been able to have gremio revived even if i had gotten leon#also the idea of him being revived kind of undersells the story tbh#maybe it works with how its executed idk i didnt get to see it happen lmao#also. i know i am RIGHTTT on top of the finale like i am so close to beating this game again but#i had to stop because of all the freaking guards jumping me every 2 seconds good lord#fight four guards take a step fight four more guards take another step fight five guards etcetc#ALSO#I ENDED UP GOING THRU THE NECLORD CASTLE LIKE. FOUR OR FIVE TIMES FOR REASONS#AND WHYYYYY COULDNT I USE AN ESCAPE TALISMAN THERE????#i beat the neclord months ago t-t#i dont mind the random encounters and stuff as a concept but when ur at the end game just tryna finish up some odds and ends.#they are so. frustrating#i think the frequency of them is the problem#esp since suikoden isnt a grindy game like it is so easy to level up characters super fast#which i love love loveeeee i love that ur actaully kind of able to play around with using a variety of ur. 100+ characters#but then its like. why so many random fights theyre just wasting my time#hoping suikoden 2 is a lil better in that regard but we shall see#reeeaally really hyped for suikoden 2!!#spoilers for a 30 yo old game lmao
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Hey, uh, you mentioned have a fic? Where can i find it? What is it called? I am very interested but I am stupid 😅
Hi! Sorry but there are no fanfics from me :') Only some snippets or vague ideas of what is the lore behind the sbi villain au I'm drawing.
But I do have others' people fanfics that inspired my drawings, I've put them in my au art descriptions. So if you want, I highly recommend reading those :D
#i'm shit at writing#i might have a lot of ideas but i have no idea how to fully execute them in a full story#so#only drawings and rambling form me#there are far more talented people than me that know what they're doing with words and create amazing works so go give them love#asks#sj villain sbi au
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2023 reads / storygraph
Unwieldy Creatures
present-day retelling of Frankenstein following three people
a queer biracial Chinese runaway, who eventually ends up interning at a top embryology lab
an ambitious scientist who compromises everything she claims to love in order to find a way to procreate without the need for sperm
and her creation - a nonbinary person abandoned due to complications at birth
all queer, mixed race MCs
#Unwieldy Creatures#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#there’s definitely some interesting ideas here! I just didn't love the execution.#It took me a long time to get through what is a pretty short book.#I think the way that all 3 narratives are just them recounting what happened there’s a bit of a disconnect?#like at least one of them being in a different tense/pov could have made things more interesting#i kept waiting for it to flip to the present and have more story happen...#but no. then randomly there’s a short epilogue in third person which feels entirely different from the rest of the book#I guess I do appreciate non-traditional narrative structures it just. didn't work for me#Interesting take on Frankenstein in relation to queerness; gender; IVF; mixed race experiences though.
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me staring at the list of art and writing ideas i have and also coming up with new ones in my head going “hahaaaaa these are so cool the people are going to love these” and not doing them like Bitch the people will not seeing them !!! you are not making anything rn!!!
#god cursed me with adhd because he knew if i didn’t have executive dysfunction i’d be unstoppable😔#the piece i’m working on rn is only the Tiniest taste of a bigger au i’m thinking about and i’m constantly adding more to it#but never finishing anything :(((#my ideas are so fire though you all would LOVE them. promise#bow rambles
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"doomed by the narrative" you don't even pay attention to the narrative
#maybe it getting mainstream was a bad idea like i love to see more works and all but#guys. guys the Themes#dont just reduce them to shallow fluffy romances like i like shipping as much as the next guy but cmon man. they DIED#and ofc the f/f takes the full brunt of it as usual#duck rants about something#like each time i talk abt why i loved the final round so much is like. ohh sk youre GLAD he died??? like what yes it pains me as well but#its the well executed storytelling and hard reminder of the already established cruelty of the contest's system that was So Good#my bad ?!?!?!
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