#i forgot how much i love this series

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Chip Thorn & Lauren Shiba character fic!

What's that? A completely new Power Rangers one-shot in the year of our lord 2024? You heard that right!

When working on the playlists for this series, I suddenly got hit by the similarities/differences between Lauren and Chip's stories in this 'verse, the ways that they reacted to the abuse they suffered as children, the hope they became, and the families they found, all while both being wrapped in fire/light symbolism. So I decided to do this little character study thing. It's not as much of a straightforward narrative as a lot of the other fics in this series, but I couldn't help myself from this pouring out. Welcome back to the madness!

Also, here's the song I used to write this one:

@our-raven-strife-universe @augment-techs @skyland2703 @madhare0512 @disastardly @liveinalovelyway @khruschevshoe

[i-like-books-and-women]

Zach was so a Percy Jackson kid growing up and rereads the books on long flights sometimes

[wordwiilderness]

Murderbot going to stand in the corner facing a wall when people start paying attention to it is such a mood.

[godsweakestsoldier]

I don’t need to write a mistborn au I don’t need to write a mistborn au I don’t need to-

[frogsareallgay]

THE SUN THE STAR THE MOON AND THE SEA

The Winners.

rbs and compliments are appreciated <3

[diah-the-demon]

reading tokyo ghoul again!

[captin-azoth]

X-Babies!

I am absolutely LOVING X-Men 97 right now, currently rewatching the 92 series and AAAA

[celestialhounds]

An autumn day 🍂

9 x 5" watercolor

[i-used-to-wear-the-fedora]

I want to preface this by saying I'm almost definitely not qualified to really get into this analysis as I am very white, but I would like to think there's something very intentional and interesting with the casting of this movie and how it effects the series thematically as a whole.

Youtuber Yhara Zayd has a video called "The Day Rue "Became" Black" talking about the first Hunger Games movie casting Amandla Stenberg to play Rue and the racist backlash that came with this despite the fact that anyone with basic reading skills would know that in books, Rue was already not white. Rue was still a little girl who died tragically and is the reason for the revolution, but how does this relate to the 10th Hunger Games and Reaper?

I haven't read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes book, and I don't know if this is a similar situation to Rue, but the casting of Dimitri Abold as Reaper is important. He's shown to be the toughest competitor in the ring. "The Scariest." In the movie, he lashes out at the girl assigned to "mentor" him as a joke because he knows she's scared of him. But he's not scary. He's not a monster. He's a teenage boy who doesn't want to hurt anyone and is protective of people he cares about. The alarmingly (and unsurprisingly) mostly white capital doesn't view him or any of the other children as people. So what does he do? He shows everyone watching that they're people, too. He gives them proper respect and covers them in the flag of the people responsible for their deaths. A black teen protesting the cruelty and unfairness of all their deaths in a move similar to Katniss' honoring of Rue years later.

There's probably something about Gaul being the one to cut off Reaper's death live on air in the movie, too. Yes, she's the game maker. But also imagine the politics of the capitol announcing that they might kill all of the kids this year after an event like that. It wouldn't look good if the, presumably white, based on casting, president cut off this boy's plead for humanity. So, instead, they go to the Black woman they have on staff and have her talk about these "disgusting rebels." Because it's okay if she specifically says it.

There's all of this, while not even including Lysistrata's side plot of being one of the only other mentors with human empathy towards the tributes, specifically Jessup, also being a woman of color. I know a lot of people are miffed by some of the changes from book to movie, but I will go to my grave defending the movie's casting at least thematically.

“he tore down the flag.”

[skyshipper]

@pscentral EVENT 26: MINIMALISM ANDOR (2022) - ONE WAY OUT

[ohitslen]

Happy birthday TRIGUN STAMPEDE!! 🎉

[pigglepiephi]

There are a couple of weeks when I could be potentially watching up to 13 series 😳 unless I drop some of course 😅

I had been hoping something new might drop from Korea soon, but I actually don’t have the energy for more right now! 🤣🤣

[highabovethecloudssomewhere]

Been rewatching fma with the fam and I love this gremlin child

[veinsfullofstars]

✨ The wizard and the jester ✨

(ID: Kirby series fanart sketches of Marx and Magolor in humanized form, with some Marxolor shenanigans tossed in for funsies, plus one guest appearance by Kirby. More detailed descriptions in Alt Text. END ID)

Sketches started some time in 2021, finished 10/28/24.

[triaelf9]

So I'm making my way through Wild Magic and doodled a little b/c when Alanna fights with Daine the first time is super cool, and then also I forgot how bad Numair was with horses (relatable honestly) and how he's like "I'm just gonna nap on my horse" (also relatable) so I doodled that b/c disaster mage is always the best lol XD

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

Broke (2016): BBC Sherlock is a phenomenal piece of media and anything that seems like a flaw just hasn't been fully explored yet

Woke (2020): BBC Sherlock is an incredibly flawed series run by an egotistical writer, it never deserved the hype and is actively bad on so many fronts (especially representation)

Bespoke (2024): BBC Sherlock is flawed and bogged down by increasingly poor writing, which many fans refused to see while it was airing, leading to hugely misplaced expectations (particularly for the final series), AND it has the seeds of some compelling characterizations and portrayals, some genuinely solid performances, and touches--albeit imperfectly--on complexities that are still being discussed today (particularly as it relates to the relationship between Sherlock and John). The huge cultural impact of the show has created a massive pendulum effect in its public perception, leading to most people today remembering a caricature of the show (whether positive or negative) rather than appreciating its nuanced merits and failings...that being said Season 4 sucked